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SINGLE ISSUE FREE Wednesday, November 7, 2018 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT-RUN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1885 SDSUCOLLEGIAN.COM NEWS- NEW UPPERCLASSMEN HOUSING LIFESTYLES- ROOMATE DRAMA? SPORTS- MBB SEASON PREVIEW The Southeast University Neighborhood opens fall Find compromise with help from other After winning three consecutive Summit League of 2019. students about living with another person. Championships, the Jacks are focused on an NCAA win. SEE A3 SEE A5 SEE A10 Republicans dominate S.D. midterms Results are current as of 1:30 a.m. Nov. 7, 2018 as reported by the S.D. Secretary of State’s Office. One representative-elect was deceased when elect- ed. Their position will be appointed by the Governor-elect. HUNTER DUNTEMAN highest trend ratings being the 2016 a U.S. Representative, and state News Editor presidential election. House and state Senate seats in each Polls opened statewide at 7 a.m. district. he 2018 midterms have caused Tuesday and remained open until 7 There are also three state a stir among South Dakotans. p.m., giving voters, who hadn’t taken constitutional amendments on the TData from Google Trends shows advantage of South Dakota’s absentee ballot this year. that terms such as “election” and or early voting options, a chance for “midterm” are seeing their second their voice to be heard. SEE ELECTION on A7 highest trend ratings in South Dakota This midterm election gave voters since November of 2004 — the a say in the election of S.D. Governor, sdsucollegian.com November 7, 2018 A2 WHAT YOU SA meeting in brief LGBTQ+ assault in FOLLOW US The Nov. 5 Students’ Association took downtown Brookings ON SOCIAL less than an hour. The highlight was the approval of A South Dakota State University NEED TO a $1,690 special allocation request for student was assaulted on Main the Armed Forces Association. Avenue on Halloween because of AFA will be permanently be put in their sexual orientation. The Collegian sdsucollegian KNOW SA’s budget. The funds will be utilized The student was reportedly in three different ways: punched in the face after a stranger • Purple Heart Chapter 5355- asked if they were gay. The meat and potatoes and This supports transportation The Brookings Police Depart- everything else important this week. sdsucollegian @sdsucollegian to a Las Vegas conference that ment is currently investigating the @CollegianSports promotes support for student situation. @collegian_live veterans to increase resilience, Students’ Association Sen. For full stories, mental health and retention. Sydney Swanson said at the Nov. 5 • Veteran retreat- A three- meeting Brookings, South Dakota Main line: 605.688.6164 go to sdsucollegian.com Newsroom: 605.688.6166 day retreat in Deadwood that “has a rating of 100 on the Human Editor-in-Chief: 605.688.6178 will promote ecotherapy, an Rights Campaign’s Municipal engagement with outdoor Equality Index. We should really activities to prevent suicides from think about that.” The Collegian is the independent student newspaper at South veterans. Total scores are on a scale of Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D. The Collegian is published by and for South Dakota State • Warrior Week- Promotion of 0-100. A score of 0 means the state University students under the First Amendment guarantees of awareness on and off campus by does not have laws, policies and ser- free speech and a free press. providing programming through vices that support LGBTQ+ people. Opinions expressed on these pages are not necessarily those of the student body, faculty, staff or administration. events, speakers and comradery The Collegian is published weekly on Wednesday during the events. academic year of SDSU. FILE PHOTO For live meeting coverage, Zenner signs with Lions follow @collegian_live on Twitter. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, the Detroit Lions officially announced the signing of former South Dakota State Jackrabbit running back Zach Zenner. Jackrabbit football brief Zenner was released from the Li- ons injured reserve on Sept. 12. Zen- On a gloomy Saturday afternoon, the ner will return to the Detroit Lions — South Dakota State football team the team he has played for the entire- shined on all phases of the game and ty of his four-year professional career. dismantled the Missouri State Bears In 28 career games, Zenner has 59-7. “You’re Driving Home rushed for 420 yards and five touch- Up next, the Jackrabbits will downs. travel to Carbondale, Illinois where Our Reputation.” At 12 p.m., Nov. 11 the fourth- they will take on the Salukis of place Lions play the Chicago Bears. Southern Illinois. 1019 Main Ave South Brookings, SD | 605-692-4024 | daves-collision.com News sdsucollegian.com @sdsucollegian November 7, 2018 • A3 CRIME LOG 10.28.18 • 4:03 p.m. @ Abbott Hall. Disorderly Conduct. • 5:56 p.m. @ Lot 158. Int Damage/Vandalism. 10.30.18 • 10:30 a.m. @ 44.319761, -96.79154. Drug/Narc Vioaltions. 11.01.18 • 10:39 a.m. @ 6th St/12th Ave. Lost Person. • 10:42 p.m. @ 725 11th Ave. Miscellaneous Incident. 11.02.18 • 4:02 p.m. @ Binnewies Hall. Theft-All Other. is hiring! Want to see your stories, opinions or photographs in The Collegian? Stop by our office in the lower level of the SUBMITTED Union (Room 069) to pick up an application. Three-dimensional models of the Southeast University Neighborhood give students a visual idea of how the project will look. The complex opens in the fall of 2019. New housing options available for students Southeast University Neighborhood brings apartments, townhomes, Starbucks to campus HUNTER DUNTEMAN building that includes a full- the street in the same area of a four-bedroom apartment we have exclusively upper- News Editor service Starbucks and five land, you had 800 students but are having trouble finding classmen and apartment style townhomes. living [in Binnewies and enough roommates shouldn’t settings,” Wermedal said. onstruction of a new According to Doug Wer- Young]. That suggests some- worry. Residential Life can Pets are permitted in the housing complex is medal, associate vice presi- thing about the highest and assign roommates if needed. apartments with appropriate Cbringing major changes dent for Student Affairs, part best use of the land.” Residents who move in documentation. Utilities, to the corner of Eighth Street of the project’s purpose is The apartment building don’t need to bring much. internet, damage deposit and and Jackrabbit Avenue. to improve spatial efficien- will be three stories tall, have Every apartment comes fully parking are included in each The Southeast University cy on the plot of land. Before two wings and will sit on the furnished including a table, month’s rent. No meal plan Neighborhood will provide construction began, smaller northeastern sector of the lot. four chairs, a couch, two is required for residents of on-campus housing options apartment complexes called There are one- through side chairs and a washer and the apartments. to upperclassmen. The State Village and State Court four-bedroom options for res- dryer. project has been seven stood there. idents to choose the number “Nowhere else do you years in the making and “On about 10 or 11 acres of of roommates they can live have in-unit laundry, no- SEE NEIGHBORHOOD on A7 encompasses six new land, you had 80 students liv- with. Wermedal said students where else do you have two structures: a new apartment ing,” Wermedal said. “Across who look to pay the price of bathrooms, nowhere else do NEWS sdsucollegian.com November 7, 2018 A4 Government programs provide affordable housing WREN MURPHY Force member. “But what dependent on their parents pus and off-campus hous- Reporter students told me is that those do not qualify unless they are ing options to make housing high rents are cheaper than over 24, are married, have a more affordable for students Rent is high for SDSU stu- on-campus housing.” disability, are a veteran, have who do not qualify for these dents and Brookings res- One student who children or have parents programs. idents alike, but govern- struggled to find affordable who qualify for Section 8. On campus, doubles in ment programs, education housing is Jacey Feyereisen, However, students who are Hansen Hall are the least ex- and careful planning may a junior human biology and financially independent pensive and doubles in Bin- help students find affordable microbiology major. from their parents can newies, Pierson and Young apartments. “I felt like I couldn’t find be eligible for Section 8 halls also offer more afford- Affordable housing, based somewhere that wasn’t totally assistance even if they don’t able options. on federal recommendations, run-down within my price meet the qualifications “We are probably one of should cost no more than 30 range,” Feyereisen said. listed above. the least expensive housing percent of someone’s month- Government Section 42 is a tax cred- options,” said Chris Kaber- ly paycheck. programs offer Collegian graphic by JAMIE GOBLIRSCH it for developers who build af- line, associate director of “We found that our assistance to fordable housing and provide Housing and Residential Life. [Brookings’] rent is exorbi- those who need should apply if there’s some units at a lower price. “We really keep our housing tantly high and that 50 per- low-budget a genuine need.” Students with income below costs as low as we can.” cent of our renters pay more housing. Two programs that help a certain amount may qual- than 30 percent of their in- “That’s an provide affordable housing ify for those apartments. To come on housing,” said Pat- option that a lot of students are Section 8 and Section 42. live in reduced-rent units, Read the full story on ty Bacon, a Brookings City don’t realize they can apply Section 8 is a government students have to apply to the sdsucollegian.com.