The Jacket Journal is the on-campus, student-run organization that produces a print newspaper that is used to distribute information about campus, community and global news. Our goal is to provide our readers with the highest quality, un-biased news and most effective multi-media coverage possible. The newsroom is overseen by Advisor Dr. Justin Bergh, Editor-in-Chief Nathan Feller, and student staff.
BHSU’s student-run magazine, “Ponder,” was recognized as the “best of best” at MediaFest25, earning a Magazine Pacemaker Award in Washington,...
In the COVID-19 pandemic, during the lockdown, people needed something to do with all the free time they suddenly had. Some people started crocheting,...
Each fall, BHSU students and staff head north on Chicken Creek Rd. and pay an entrance fee to get lost in a corn field. Spearfish Valley Produce...
This may sound contradictory coming from someone who was born in 2003, but I truly believe that our generation–Gen Z–is the least socially...
Berlin is a German-inspired restaurant found on W Jackson Blvd. in Spearfish, behind Dough Traders. The restaurant opened in Aug. 2024 and received...
On Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, the series finale of the Amazon original television show “The Summer I Turned Pretty” aired. This article will...
As the fall semester begins, BHSU athletics have launched into full swing with competitive matchups across football, cross country, golf, soccer,...
Among the thousands of troops deployed across the nation, a detachment of twelve soldiers from the South Dakota National Guard were deployed...
The meal plan was changed for students living in the Yellow Jacket Apartments and the students living in the residence halls, where each individual...
Black Hills State University was selected in August by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to participate in an...
After the end of BHSU’s first president, Fayette L. Cook’s tenure in 1918, Ethelburt C. Woodburn took his position as the president. Woodburn...
Welcome back to the second edition of BHSU’s People of the Past. In honor of National Women’s History Month, this issue’s person of...
This idea was brought to us by a professor here at BHSU who felt that it would be beneficial for our readers to learn more about the people of...
The South Dakota Board of Regents (BOR) issued a motion on Sept. 12 with intent to fire Michael Hook, an art professor at the University of South...
Since its inaugural issue in Spring 2024, the Black Hills State University student-run magazine “Ponder” has earned several prestigious awards....
The second Annual Earth Day Festival took place on April 26, 2025. This event was hosted to build connections within the Spearfish community...
This is not the first Trump Administration that the United States has lived through. Eight years ago, he held the same position he does today:...