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Wednesday,October 25, 2017 sdsucollegian.com SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT-RUN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1885 ONE FREE ISSUE PER PERSON HOBOS COYOTES’ APPREHENDED WILY WEEK According to SDSU Univeristy Police Department, Brookings Police Department and According to USD University Police Department, Vermillion Police Department, Clay Brookings Sheriff Department, the following incidents occured County Sheriff’s Office and Highway Patrol, the following incidents occured during Hobo Week (October 9 - 15). during Dakota Days (October 2 - 8). UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION/ 56 OPEN CONTAINER 94 FLEEING AN OFFICER/ LAW ENFORCEMENT 4 3 33 23 DUI FAKE ID 12 5 MARIJUANA/ 39 16 DRUGS/NARCOTICS TRAFFIC 41 TICKETS 85 AMBULANCE 38 10 CALLS PROPERTY DAMAGE/ VANDALISM 14 2 11 4 ASSAULT HARRASSMENT 4 1 ROBBERY/ 24 3 BURGLARY/THEFT SEXUAL ASSAULT 2 3 Collegian graphic by BAILEY HILL, information collected by MAKENZIE HUBER A2 October 25, 2017 The Collegian • News sdsucollegian.com DAILY CRIME LOG Collegian graphic by MAKENZIE HUBER 10.15.17 • 12:04 a.m. @ 800 Block Medary Avenue. Underage purchase or possession of alcoholic beverages. • 12:36 a.m. @ Meadows South. Common 12,816 students 12,583 12,557 12,613 nuisance. Underage students students students purchase or possession ‘10 11,995 ‘11 ‘16 of alcoholic beverages. students ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘17 ‘09 12,725 • 2:04 a.m. @ Meadows ‘08 students 12,554 12,589 12,527 12,376 students students students North. Possession of ‘07 students revoked, altered or 11,706 fictitious license. Fleeing students National enrollment trend hits home as from police officer. Underage purchase or SDSU, international numbers fall short possession of alcoholic ALISON DURHEIM NACAC and NAFSA. “It’s not true, to the best of my beverages. Reporter The findings give legitimacy to knowledge, but in addition to that, • 4:20 a.m. @ Young SDSU administration’s initial con- in a lot of countries abroad, anything Hall. Possession or use outh Dakota State’s fall 2017 cerns of political conflict regarding negative that happens … is over- drug paraphernalia. enrollment decreased from last the U.S. presidential election and its played by the international view of year and only half of South Da- effects on international student en- the United States,” Patel said. Possession of marijuana S kota public universities experienced rollment across the country. Other factors in the decrease in- 2 oz or less. Ingest, growth. clude a shift in the model at the Uni- inhale substance to According to the South Dako- versity Center, which is a location ta Board of Regents, although SDSU in Sioux Falls where degrees can be become intoxicated. stayed above a 12,500 threshold, fall earned from the six public universi- 9.16.17 enrollment decreased by 86, a less • percent of ties in South Dakota. • 2:09 p.m. @ Hansen than 1 percent decrease. Michaela higher education “An example of such a policy Willis, vice president of student af- institutions saw change is that all students at Univer- Hall. Petty Theft all fairs, said that number is minimal sity Center in Sioux Falls in Gener- others less than $400. but may require some shifting of a decrease in al Studies are now enrolled as USD • 5:29 p.m. @ Frost Lot. budgets. international students, per an agreement signed Petty theft all others less The school utilizes a “responsi- applications. a couple of years ago,” said Dennis bility-centered management struc- 40 Hedge, provost and vice president than $400. ture,” she said. This budget format of academic affairs. “That change • 6:07 p.m. @ UPD. means an increase or decrease in • percent of has resulted in an ‘enrollment shift’ Suspicious Persons/ students enrolled in a college or de- schools had at that site of those students from partment leads to a change in that SDSU to USD.” Vehicle. a decrease in college or department’s funding. graduate student There’s also a decrease in trans- 10.17.17 Willis said multiple factors led to fer students coming to SDSU from • 11:05 a.m. @ Seed tech the decrease in 2017. international technical, in-state and out-of-state “One of them was that, because applications. colleges. lab. Harassment. of the change in the political envi- 30 Measures have already been tak- • 4:53 p.m. @ Binnewies ronment in the United States, we en to prepare and predict enroll- Hall. Theft. had concerns going into this fall that Around 30 percent of participat- ment changes and shifts in the pop- our international enrollment might ing schools in the study had a de- ularity of majors and programs on • 5:07 p.m. @ Hyde Hall. be down. We have now seen that,” crease in graduate student interna- campus. Theft. Willis said. tional applications as well. An Enrollment Management 10.19.17 The SDBOR Dashboard showed Viraj Patel, communication stud- Council was formed in May that will • 4:38 p.m. @ Motor international students enrolled at ies major, said he hasn’t heard much take a closer look and be program SDSU decreased by nearly 4 percent around SDSU campus, but isn’t sur- specific to see where those students Pool Complex. Lost this year — a trend not limited to prised the decrease is in part due to not attending SDSU are going and property. South Dakota. the current administration. keep an eye on competitors as well • 5:09 p.m. @ 947 Nearly 40 percent of higher ed- Patel said there are rumors go- as monitor market demands to pre- ucation institutions reported a de- ing around the international com- dict enrollment numbers in the fu- Jackrabbit Avenue. crease in international applications, munity the H1B visa program for in- ture. Suspicious person/ according to a 2017 survey. The sur- ternational students to be able to Willis said the school’s “ultimate vehicle. vey was conducted by organizations work while studying abroad will be goal” is to reach an enrollment num- • 6:51 p.m. @ 715 20th including AACRAO, IACAC, IIE, “scrapped.” ber of 14,000 students. Avenue. Informational Report. 10.20.17 Thomas Rhett concert postponed to December • 2:56 a.m. @ Sixth EMILY De WAARD Sophomore animal science uling,” Lankow said. “They Street/Campanile Managing Editor major Ellys Johnson bought wanted to make sure it lined Avenue. Theft. tickets the hour they came out up with Xcel and CenturyLink • 3:46 a.m. @ Southside Due to illness, Thomas Rhett’s in late June. and the stars really aligned.” Hansen. Miscellaneous upcoming Home Team Tour “It was kind of a big high- Lankow said the Swiftel dates this weekend are post- light of this week so it’s really Center wanted to get this in- Incident. poned. disappointing,” Johnson said. formation out quickly to allow • 4 a.m. @ UPD. DUI. Tickets will be honored at The rescheduled date for time for out-of-town concert the new concert date in Brook- Brookings affects finals week. goers to make new arrange- ings Dec. 1. “I’m pretty sure I’ll still be ments. Any ticket questions should able to go, but it’s the week- “We hope Thomas Rhett be directed toward the original end before finals so that’s really feels better soon; we’re really CLASSIFIEDS point of purchase. stressful,” Johnson said. looking forward to seeing him HELP WANTED / SERVICES More than 6,000 tickets But she is glad it was not and our concertgoers on Dec. OFFERED were sold for the nearly sold- rescheduled for a date during 1,” Lankow said. M&S Business Cleaning. out show in Brookings, accord- Winter Break, as home is four She also said those who Hours from approx. 5 to 9 ing to Kristina Lankow, sales hours away for her, like many purchased from Swiftel can p.m., 1 to 5 days per week and marketing manager at the other students. contact the box office at (605) available. For more informa- Swiftel Center. “We got lucky with resched- 692-7539 or through email. tion call (605) 690-1554. @sdsucollegian Opinion A3 sdsucollegian.com/opinion • twitter.com/sdsucollegian • October 25, 2017 Credit security should be student priority after Equifax LORNA SABOE- WOUNDED HEAD Editorial Guest Columnist News broke Sept. 7 that one of the national credit reporting agencies, Equifax, had experienced a data Issue: breach over the summer. Disrespectful Halloween costumes continue to be Names, social security num- bers, birth dates, addresses and prominent each year. driver’s license numbers were sto- len from thousands of Americans. Additionally, credit card numbers for more than 200,000 consumers were exposed. College students are just getting e’ve all seen it. propriately and respectfully. impact their costume may have. started in creating a credit history. A girl in a faux leath- “A costume is not a skin col- Additionally, retailers selling If you have a credit card or a stu- Wer dress and a Native or. It’s not a culture,” Ghebre- Halloween costumes should be dent loan, you have a credit history. American headdress. kidan said. “This is a matter of held accountable for the prod- Information about the type of A guy in blackface. appropriation — it’s about mak- ucts they market. Seeing a cos- credit, amount of credit, payments Someone else dressed like Je- ing those things into a costume tume appropriating another cul- and length you’ve had the cred- sus or a Muslim person. when they’re a part of someone’s ture in Walmart or on Amazon it are reported to the three national Halloween is a time for cre- identity.” normalizes that behavior and credit-reporting agencies — Equi- ativity and fun — to dress up as An important factor to con- makes it seem commonplace fax, Experian and Trans Union.