The Exponent, 2002-10-23

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South Dakota
enrollment stable
Northern State University's fall
enrollment again meets the
university's goal, announced the
NSU administration. This year's
enrollment is nearly identical to
last year's in both headcount and
full-time equivalent categories.
Northern enrolled 3,013 total
students, which is 25 students-or
less than one percent-fewer than
last year.
In full-time equivalent
numbers, NSU has 2,188.4
students, a decrease of 13.7
students representing just over
one-half percent.
"Just as we did last year,
Northern set a target of enrolling
between 3,000 and 3,100
students. It is the range in which
we're comfortable," said NSU
President John Hilpert.
Hilpert attributed NSU's
stability to the excellence and the
diversity of the curriculum at
NSU, including the university's
newly expanded mission in e-learning.
According to the South Dakota
Board of Regents, four state
universities were up in
headcount, Dakota State
University in Madison, South
Dakota School of Mines and
Technology, South Dakota State
University in Brookings and the
University of South Dakota in
Vermillion. Black Hills State
University in Spearfish was down
142 students or 3.7 percent.
Hilpert said the system's record
number of 30,072 students is
good news for all regental
institutions.
INDEX 16 PAGES
NEWS 2-3
EDITORIAL 4-5
FEATURE 6-7
ELECTION 2002 8-9
ENTERTAINMENT 10-11
ARTS 12- 13
SPORTS 14-15
CLASSIFIED 16
Jon Lim, Nikki Walter, and Johnathan Karol created the online Wellness class.
Other members of the team not pictured include Kim Dahl-Freeland and Curtis
Davis. Photo by Benjamin Bouza.
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OF NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY
October 2 3 , 2002 Volume 101, Issue 3 • http://www.northern.edu/exponent/index.html
Lim and student team receive awards
Ben Bouza
Campus Reporter During the 2001-02
school year, Jon Lim,
professor of health
and physical education, had a
vision. His vision was to create an
online, interactive section of
Wellness 100/100A. With the
help of three undergraduates and
one graduate student, his vision
became reality.
Lim's group has created an
online version of Northern State
University's Wellness 100 class.
Lim, and everyone else that has
taken part in this project, was
recognized last spring when they
received multiple awards for their
work. Lim was the recipient of
the NSU Williams Library Award
for Faculty/Student Research
Collaboration, as well as being
nominated for the Best Online
Course award from the Electronic
University Consortium.
Not only have Lim and his
team received these awards, but
they were also invited to present
their project at multiple
nationwide conferences. In
March, they presented at the
South Dakota Statewide
Conference for E-Learning and
then traveled to San Jose, Calif.,
in July for the Syllabus National
Instructional Technology
Conference.
"Everyone involved
Brandy Schnabel
News Editor "S outh Dakota
becomes a better
state when we
have more people going into
higher education," Brendan
Johnson, son of Senator Tim
Johnson, said. Johnson has been
traveling the state campaigning
on a person-to-person level for his
father.
Johnson visited campus last
week to speak to several of
professor Jon Schaff's American
government classes to give the
students a view of what it's like on
the inside of a political campaign.
"Going and talking to Professor
Schaff's class was the most fun
thing I'd done so far in the
campaign," Johnson said.
Johnson spends his mornings
speaking to high school or college
classes, his afternoons talking to
business owners and citizens of
small towns, and his evenings at
senior centers.
"This is the second time I've
been to Northern in a month, and
I'll spend the next week and a half
visiting the other colleges and
universities around South
Dakota," Johnson said. Johnson's
main focus in his father's
campaign is aimed at informing
high school and college st udents:
contributed to the overall
outcome of the project, each
small part came together in the
end and we have created a quality
product as a whole. The students
were extremely instrumental in
the success of the project,
especially Johnathan Karol. His
dedication helped bring
everything to a culmination," Lim
said.
With the help of senior
Johnathan Karol, Sturgis; 2002
graduate Nikki Walter, Holabird;
2002 graduate Kim Dahl-
Freeland, Timber Lake; and
graduate student Curtis Davis,
Lim has made it possible for
students to earn their Wellness
credits by distance learning via
WebCT.
Students enrolled in the class
could log onto WebCT and view
video clips, complete with audio,
of each of the aspects of Wellness
covered in class. Students would
also have the opportunity to
watch short clips of the required
lifts and drills that each student
takes part in on the campus
version of the class. Students
would then complete labs that
were available online and record
their answers to be electronically
transmitted to Lim. The video
clips and labs were created by the
students involved and the
students images and voices are
featured on the website.
The funding and support for
There are many important
issues in this year's races, and in
the eastern part of South Dakota,
education and employment
issues reign. Central issues to
college students include the
status of student loan interest
rates, for
which
Senator
Johnson
helped secure
a low, fixed
rate.
"Education
is the issue
that we are
focusing on
right now.
It's all about
maki
education
this project came form the NSU
departments of Education and E-Learning.
Erika Tallman, director
of the E-Learning Department
feels that "Dr. Lim and his
students have done a wonderful
job of creating the Wellness class,
they have used many interactive
multimedia approaches to build
the concepts that are taught in
our campus class."
One of the hardest parts of
putting together a project like this
was the technological aspect.
Lim felt the students would
benefit more from learning the
technology behind the project, so
he recruited students to perform
the tasks.
"At first I was leery about
learning all of the technology. I
didn't know if I was skilled
government can play a role when
it comes to student loans or
funding projects on college
campuses. That is a good way for
the government to help out
communities like Aberdeen and
Brookings," Johnson said.
Election
Day is Nov.
5, which is
less than two
weeks away.
Two of the
major races
in the state,
the races for
Senate and
governor, are
within four
percentage
points in every
media poll. Due to the closeness
of the races, there has been a
marked increase in political ads,
which is especially noticeable on
television.
"South Dakotans are tired of all
the political ads," Johnson said.
Senator Johnson's campaign
goal is to see a large voter turnout
on Election Day. On Nov. 5, the
victor will be the candidate who
can get the most supporters to the
polls.
"A big part of the campaign is
just trying to encourage as many
people as possible to get out and
enough to understand everything
behind this, but as we went on I
learned that everything was made
easier by the technology not
harder," Karol said.
With the success of this online
class, Lim is now looking to create
a website that highlights Health
and Physical Education. It will
focus on weight training. The site
will show people each specific
muscle group, how the muscle
operates, and what exercises work
the specific muscle. The goal of
the project will be overall fitness
for the common person. The
website will be available to all
NSU students as well as the local
public.
Lim will again be working with
Northern students to create this
project.
Johnson said he plans to visit
NSU again, because "Northern,
and Aberdeen in general, is one of
our top priorities."
This fall's Senate election in
S.D. may determine more than
who holds the second of two
Senate seats, it could also decide
which party holds the majority in
the United States Senate.
"We have the most powerful
senate team in the entire nation
right now. We have more
influence than we've ever had in
the history of South Dakota,"
Johnson said
In another well-publicized race,
Democrat Stephanie Herseth and
Republican Bill Janklow are vying
for South Dakota's lone House of
Representatives seat. Both
candidates would be first-time
national representatives.
"Stephanie has really surprised
some people; I think that is going
to be a very close and very
exciting race," Johnson said.
Democrat Jim Abbott anc
Republican Mike Rounds are the
gubernatorial candidates this fall.
"Jim Abbot has been talking an
awful lot about education. I think
that race is going to be decide(
based on whether in people it
S.D. decide that education is their
top priority," Johnson said. Lool
for Johnson, and other politica
candidates, to visit NSU soon.
"South Dakotans
are tired of all
the political ads."
Brendan Johnson
n g
more affordable for
college students, as well as
improving K-12 education,"
Johnson said.
"No South Dakotan should be
denied an education because they
or their parents don't have
enough money to afford it. We
should always have student loans
available to college students so
that they can afford to go to
school," Johnson said.
Senator Johnson believes that
government can play a role in
financing higher education for
S.D. residents.
"W,e, , ,believe vote,: Joli.n.s011 said.
Brendan Johnson visits NSU to inform
students about campaigns, Election 2002