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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

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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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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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Area '76

Area ’76

Alec Butterfield May 1, 2025

Not even halfway up the chairlift my face was already red from the beaming morning rays. Dirt was beginning to trace the ditches between the moguls under the lift. It snowed only two days before, now...

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The Golden Paint Brush

The Golden Paint Brush

Sierra Hopp May 1, 2025

Every year, over 4,000 children are diagnosed with a brain or spinal cord tumor. A brain tumor is a cell growth that occurs in or around the brain, causing extra pressure in this closed space.  Due...

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Ink and Asphalt

Ink and Asphalt

Nathan Feller May 1, 2025

“When you’re going days without any contact, you break a little bit. It’s a mental game when you’re dealing with shitty weather and nothing’s going right. It tests you in a way that there’s...

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A Tired Warrior

A Tired Warrior

Austin Graft December 1, 2024

Music is a language, a language that connects us all. Songs bring us closer together, inspire us and open the doors of self-reflection, allowing anybody to connect to a wide range of emotions and feel...

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We're Not Robots & We're Not Wizards

We’re Not Robots & We’re Not Wizards

Alec Butterfield December 1, 2024

Seconds turn into minutes, minutes into hours, hours to days. All time put toward shedding a few seconds off the clock. Among the absurd heat and humidity of late July or the crushing winters in Sioux...

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