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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

BHSU Earth Day Festival
BHSU Earth Day Festival
Taylor SanFilippo, Managing Editor • May 2, 2025

The second Annual Earth Day Festival took place on April 26, 2025. This event was hosted to build connections within the Spearfish community...

Spearfish School District Administration Office located 525 E. Illinois St.
Spearfish Educators Impacted by ED Changes
Imogen Sechler, Staff Writer • May 2, 2025

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:...

Laci Peskey, a sophomore starting pitcher on the BHSU softball team, steps into the circle during the UCCS game April 11.
Sports: BHSU Softball Program Makes History
Nathan Feller, Editor in Chief • May 2, 2025

The Black Hills State University women’s softball team made history during their 2025 campaign, becoming the first squad in the history of...

'Till The Wheels Fall Off
‘Till The Wheels Fall Off
Nathan Feller May 1, 2025
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Behind the Curtains
Behind the Curtains
Hayden Hill May 1, 2025
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Area '76
Area ’76
Alec Butterfield May 1, 2025
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The Golden Paint Brush
The Golden Paint Brush
Sierra Hopp May 1, 2025
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Ink and Asphalt
Ink and Asphalt
Nathan Feller May 1, 2025
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Television Review: “Severance” Season Two
Alec Butterfield, Chief Photographer

For those who watched “Severance” season one back in 2022, it has been a long, tedious wait for the release of season two in January of this...

BHSU People of the Past: Ethelburt C. Woodburn
BHSU People of the Past: Ethelburt C. Woodburn
Alec Butterfield, Chief Photographer

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...

Dr. Mary Bordeaux Faculty Spotlight Q/A
Dr. Mary Bordeaux Faculty Spotlight Q/A
Nathan Feller, Editor in Chief

Nathan Feller: “How long have you been teaching?” Dr. Mary Bordeaux: “I have been teaching in higher education for about 10 years, mostly...

Dough Trader Pizza located on 543 W. Jackson Blvd.
Good Eats at Dough Trader
Taylor SanFilippo, Managing Editor

Hidden up on the college hill near the roundabout on W. Jackson Blvd, Dough Trader Pizza is tucked away among several other restaurants. Though...

“Me” Politics
Imogen Sechler, Staff Writer

“That’s what’s important to you, and that’s great!” The above sentence was said to me in response while talking about why I’m...

Dr. Kay Schallenkamp
BHSU People of the Past: Dr. Kay Schallenkamp
Nathan Feller, Editor-in-Chief

   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...