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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

Story Keepers

Story Keepers

Ellen Sheehy May 1, 2025

Everybody's Bookstore, Rapid City, SD Four years ago, Jessie Polenz did not want to own a bookstore. “I always just wanted to work for somebody and get my paycheck and go,” Polenz said. So working...

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New Horizons

New Horizons

Logan Bunney May 1, 2025

Every August, the town of Sturgis, South Dakota, fills with the sound of loud engines and crowds of leather jackets. While the Sturgis Rally embodies much of the atmosphere surrounding it, there is a new...

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Service With a Smile

Service With a Smile

Alivia Weathers May 1, 2025

One of the most underrated spots in Nebraska is a coffee shop in south-central Lincoln called Rose Cat Coffee Company and Reading Society. This little shop has something that can't be found anywhere else.  “I...

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Ashley Beguin, Noah Westergaard, and Alec Butterfield at the American Advertising Awards in Pittsburgh, PA.

Awards

January 1, 2025

2025 General Excellence | Ponder Issue Three | Ponder Staff | AEJMC National Student Magazine Competition Profile Story 2nd Place | 'Till The Wheels Fall Off | Nathan Feller | AEJMC National Student...

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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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