The Collegian Public Library Gives Students More Activities
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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT-RUN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1885 SINGLE ISSUE FREE ABBY FULLENKAMP • The Collegian Public library gives students more activities GARRETT AMMESMAKI News Editor While many South Dakota State students use the Hilton M. Briggs Library, the Brookings Public Li- brary offers services for anyone looking for a quiet place to study or free activities. Director of Library Services Ashia Gustafson said students have told her they prefer the public li- brary because it’s quieter. Morgan Aasness graduated in consumer affairs last May. She went to the Briggs Library while she was in school, but now chooses the Brookings library. “It’s smaller, so you get a differ- Collegian graphic by BAILEY HILL ent atmosphere than having to go through the higher bookshelves try- ing to find a little study space,” she said. Always connected: digital stalking at SDSU Along with DVDs, CDs and physical books, the public library GARRETT AMMESMAKI Hanks was an 18-year- She lived off-campus and her keep your Jacks email forever.” offers thousands of ebooks and News Editor old freshman at South Dako- stalker would park outside her Ryan Knutson, Vice Presi- e-audiobooks free with a library ta State when a co-worker began house, waiting for her to go to dent of Information Technolo- card and a mobile app. Her co-worker decided he was in stalking her. It would go on for class. He would send her flowers, gy, said the response Hanks re- the next five years. Despite go- message her on Facebook from ceived from the support desk To get a library card, students love with her. need a photo ID and a Brookings ing to various avenues for help, multiple accounts and email her shouldn’t have happened, but nothing was done and Hanks constantly. he understands why it may County address. The only problem was she didn’t A library card isn’t needed to said a “campus culture” of vic- Being a student, Hanks’ have. use the study space, including two love him — and some people tim shaming only made things email address is known to any- Though he is not fully aware private study rooms and many can’t take no for an answer. worse. one that knows her name. Be- of Hanks’ situation, Knutson study tables, or attend any events. Her stalker wasn’t a student cause of that, despite changing said the support desk will give Events include crafting, movie “He just had this idea that we at SDSU, so he couldn’t be pun- her phone number and moving those answers for “normal activ- nights twice a month, book clubs had this weird connection that ished under the student conduct away from Brookings, her stalk- ities.” But, in situations where code. He couldn’t be arrested be- er was still able to contact her. there is harassment through and, beginning in either February we didn’t have; he was very or April, a murder mystery evening. cause he never got violent, but Hanks went to the support desk email, IT would take steps to Programming Coordinator Rae much obsessive about it,” he was a constant specter that to delete her Jacks email, but stop it from happening. Brecht said the murder mystery said Alaina Hanks, now a post- haunted Hanks for her entire said the support desk refused. evening can have between eight to graduate student in counseling. undergraduate career. Hanks said they told her “you Continued to A3 28 characters. “They will receive information on what they should wear and what their character is all about. They’ll come that night and encounter a Stay alert, prepare for approaching South Dakota winter mystery where somebody died and they have to figure out who did it,” SOFIYA ZYBAYLOVA you get stuck.” Brecht said. Reporter According to the South Da- Sign-up will occur in either Jan- kota Safety Council, an emer- uary or March, depending on when Cold temperatures and harsh gency survival kit should con- the event takes place. winds characterize South Dako- sist of at least a flashlight, blan- The library is expanding its pro- ta’s winter climate. Wind chill ket, shovel, sand, candy bars, grams, and along with new events, and frigid temperatures put ev- matches, brightly-colored cloth, they have board games and will of- eryone at risk for accidents and jumper cables, long-burning fer an Arduino collection. Arduino injuries. candles and a cup. kits are an easily-accessible way to According to Bruce Millett, Besides keeping these neces- create circuits and electrical com- a South Dakota State geogra- sities in your vehicle, it is also ponents. phy professor, this year’s winter important to stay alert on the Currently, the library has 10 to will bring colder temperatures road. Lowell Haag, a staff mem- 12 board games including Settlers than usual through March, but ber in Yeager Media Center, of Catan and Pandemic. Technol- about the same amount of snow was in several winter accidents ogy Services Librarian Nancy Sw- as last year. during his time as a college stu- enson said she is packaging them “We should expect the arc- dent and urged others to take up so they should be ready for use tic air coming our way in Janu- extra precautions while driving. soon. ary and February from Canada,” “As you experience an acci- Gustafson and Brecht hope to Millett said. “The temperatures dent, it is not a pleasant feeling offer free classes on using the Ardu- will average highs about twen- and it is never fun,” Haag said. ino kits and classes on bullet jour- ties and lows of zero degrees “Don’t rush. Drive slow. Take naling, a new trend merging to-do Fahrenheit throughout the sea- your time.” lists and journaling into one note- son.” Safety rules also apply to pe- ABBY FULLENKAMP • The Collegian book. They are also open to sugges- Jayme Trygstad, emergen- destrians on campus. It is im- Winter at South Dakota State could lead to frostbite if students don’t dress appro- tions from students on how to tar- cy management specialist at portant to dress properly for priately going to class. Dressing in layers and avoiding icy patches can help. SDSU, said with snow begin- cold temperatures. Trygstad get their events for a college-aged Genesis Duarte, junior polit- not even think it was that cold,” audience. ning to fall, it is important stu- said he has seen students wear dents and faculty are prepared flip flops and T-shirts during ical science and Spanish major, Duarte said. “An hour later, my The public library also has a experienced signs of frostbite thighs, arms and face were all in coffee shop on the second level. for commuting to campus. the cold weather, which can be “Make sure that you’re dangerous. first-hand her freshman year. pain and it did not go away for Food and drink can also be brought She said it was a learning les- several hours, even after taking into the library. checking the weather prior to “You just never know what’s leaving your house as part of going to happen,” Trygstad said. son for her to dress appropriate- a hot shower.” “You can order from any deliv- ly and check the weather before The SDSU Student Health ery service and have them deliver to your travel plans, as some of the “You slip and fall and you be- roads could be closed,” Trygs- ing outside for an additional 10 going outside. Clinic sees about three cases of the library,” Gustafson said. “It was about 30 degrees. I frostbite on campus each year. The library’s newsletter, found tad said. “It is also important to minutes can cause you to have keep a safety kit in your car if frostbite.” was walking back to my dorm at the library’s website, has a calen- just in my sweatshirt and did Continued to A3 dar for events. A2 November 8, 2017 The Collegian • News sdsucollegian.com DAILY CRIME LOG 10.29.17 Project studies link between sleep, success • 12:58 a.m. @ Honors ALISON DURHEIM vention and stress manage- According to a 2016 survey by Hall. Underage Purchase Reporter ment,” said Doug Wermed- American College Health Association (ACHA), or Possession of Alcoholic al, associate vice president of Beverages. Sleep deprivation can be as det- student affairs, “but there’s al- rimental to student success as most nothing out there on sleep • 5:44 p.m. @ 824 11th St. drinking and drug abuse, accord- health, which, if it’s as import- Threatening or harassing ing to a study by the University of ant, it’s clearly an area to be de- contacts by telephone or St. Thomas. veloped.” A program based on this study With programs such as electronic device. is coming to South Dakota State DARE and Fighting Addiction 10.30.17 and, for what administrators say Through Education (FATE), • 3:03 p.m. @ Agricultural is the first time, it’s bringing cam- the negative effects of drug and pus-wide awareness to sleep. alcohol abuse are heard over Engineering. Theft from “Center for College Sleep” will and over, but sleep is hardly Building Less than $400. be on campus Nov. 16 and 17 and mentioned. • 3:17 p.m. @ Morrill Hall. a keynote presentation is open to According to a 2010 nation- Harassment. students at 7 p.m. the first night al survey by American College in the Volstorff Ballroom called, Health Association, sleep was a 11.1.17 “Sleep: the Secret to Success in top concern.