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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

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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Inherited Vision

Inherited Vision

Nathan Feller December 1, 2024

Born and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota, Marty Two Bulls Jr. was destined to become an artist. “I come from a big family of artists,” Two Bulls Jr. said. “From my grandparents’ generation...

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Student of Fire

Student of Fire

Nathan Feller December 1, 2024

Since Earth’s beginning, fire has been one of the greatest forces of nature. Like an artist’s mangled gum eraser, fire removes what is old and leaves a clean canvas for new life to leave its mark....

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Chasing Distance

Chasing Distance

Alec Butterfield December 1, 2024

In the thick silence of a Michigan forest on a sweltering September afternoon, a crack pierces the air, echoing off the trees, forcing a flock of birds to flee. Ezra Aderhold, a professional disc golfer...

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Blood. Sweat. Moonshine

Blood. Sweat. Moonshine

Nathan Feller December 1, 2024

“Blood, sweat and tears,” is a phrase that has been immortalized throughout time, made famous by figures such as Winston Churchill, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Johne Donne. It is a phrase used to describe...

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Mastering the Craft

Mastering the Craft

Taylor SanFilippo December 1, 2024

Mark Vazquez, the owner of K&M Jewelers, has been a rock fanatic since he was a child, but not in the way some may think. He would collect fossils, crystals and rocks from surrounding areas and shops...

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