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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

Ponder Magazine

The Knifemakers

The Knifemakers

Austin Graft May 30, 2026

The mountains of western Montana are sweeping monoliths of beauty and danger, testaments of nature’s grace and ire.  Buried within this granite boneyard is the quiet town of Manhattan, home of the...

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Narayan GC prepares a meal at Everest Cuisine in Rapid City, S.D.

8000 Meters to Main Street

Alec Butterfield May 30, 2026

Twenty-three years ago, 7,400 meters above sea level, Narayan GC climbed the jagged face of Mount Cho Oyu, the sixth-highest mountain in the world, on the border of Nepal and China. A blizzard had battered...

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Simplicity Works

Simplicity Works

Taylor SanFilippo, Managing Editor May 30, 2026

In 1929, Gladys and Harold Nikalson moved from Spencer, Iowa, to Brookings, South Dakota, where they began to make what would, arguably, become the most famous burgers in South Dakota. At a starting price...

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Drekker fans wait outside for a parking lot concert held at the end of DrekkerFest 2025.

All It Takes Is All You Got

Alec Butterfield, Editor-in-Chief January 10, 2026

Mark Bjornstad was thousands of miles away from home. 1,347 to be exact. Bjornstad was somewhere between his hotel room and Church Key – “considered the greatest craft beer bar in the world” –...

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Cameron Stalheim poses on the couch in his backyard studio in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Taking up Space

Hayden Hill December 30, 2025

Predisposed to physical creativity as the son of an art teacher and carpenter, Cameron Stalheim was destined for a career in art from an early age. Sculpture has always been at the forefront of his artistic...

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The Weirdos And The Freaks

The Weirdos And The Freaks

Hayden Hill December 6, 2025

Nestled between strip mall churches and remote hiking trails lives a small, but mighty group of alternative thinkers. People who like music they can hold in their hand and stickers that stick it to the...

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A Legacy to Last

A Legacy to Last

Maralee Rischling December 6, 2025

There are many different ways to tell a story, and there are many different tools you can use to tell that story. For Jared Capp, he builds stories from the foundation up. “I figured out pretty quick...

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The Table We Share

The Table We Share

Taylor SanFilippo December 6, 2025

Petrina Peart’s culinary journey started in one of the most unlikely of places: Wyoming. Not in a restaurant kitchen or a bakery in Jamaica, but in a dorm room at F.E. Warren Air Force Base 20 years...

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Marcela Salas, Chef and Owner of Bibisol in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Where We Belong

Nathan Feller December 6, 2025

“We came to the United States to keep our family together – my mom made the decision,” said Marcela Salas. “My biological father had already moved and was working as a welder. We got travel visas...

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