In The Moment … January 28th, 2021 Show 980 Hour 2
How can we heal from political strife and turmoil while still doing the important work on the critical issues of today? Perhaps some of those answers might come from outside the interior world of politics itself.
Guest: Neil Fulton is Dean of the School of Law at the University of South Dakota. Find Neil s article we reference here.
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Seymour Otterman from Sioux Falls was relieved. They’d driven three hours to testify against the proposal.
“We are just trying to get by in a society that puts us down at every opportunity,” Otterman says. “These bills just add on to the discrimination that we already face.”
But hours later, the prime sponsor, Republican Representative Fred Deutsch, used a legislative maneuver to bring his bill to the House floor.
“Many members have expressed to me the desire to have debate on it. It’s an important social issue of our time,” Deutsch says.
Deutsch needed 24 other lawmakers to bring the bill back for consideration. There were just enough House Republicans to do that.
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During an appearance before the Joint Committee on Appropriations, University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring and Representative Taffy Howard of Rapid City engaged in a dialogue over diversity in higher education.
Howard referenced a report from Princeton University on systemic racism on university campuses…
Howard asked Gestring about the imbalance of female to male students at USD….
Howard pressed Gestring about efforts to recruit more male students…
The legislature has mandated the Board of Regents document the diversity efforts at all their institutions. Tags:
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NSIC & Summit Weekend Games Adjusted, Canceled
January 28 - According to Dan Genzler of USF, the games on January 29-30 involving No. 19 University of Sioux Falls Men s Basketball and Minnesota State, Mankato at the Bresnan Arena in Mankato, Minn., have been adjusted due to COVID-19 testing protocols. The original schedule called for USF-MSU to play games on January 29-30 but due to testing protocols, the schedule has been adjusted to play one day at 2 pm, Sunday, January 31 at Mankato, Minn., contingent on testing protocols.
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University of Sioux Falls men s basketball team (4-0) is on the move as the Coo is now ranked number-19 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches poll. The Cougars have been idle since January 9 due to COVID-19 protocols and are set to face Minnesota State in Mankato, MN this Friday and Saturday.
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U.S Pole Vault Champion, Chris Nilsen established a deeper connection with the South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC) and the Sanford Sports Science Institute through a recent endorsement of the Build Your Base with Beef Program (Build Your Base). Build Your Base is a comprehensive sports nutrition program developed through a collaborative partnership between the SDBIC, Sanford Health, and the Sanford Sports Science Institute (SSSI) and utilizes beef as the premier protein.
22-year-old Kansas City, Missouri native, Chris Nilsen participated in various sports throughout his childhood including soccer. He found a love for pole vaulting his freshman year of high school that led to multiple collegiate scholarship offers his Junior year. University of South Dakota’s (USD) Associate Director of Track and Field, Derek Miles, secured the recruit with his offer to coach in one powerful statement. ” You can go anywhere in the world to b