Mr. Huether goes to Augustana New AU president
to be revealed
before spring break
Sioux Falls mayor
hopes for honest,
open conversation
with students
JACOB BELGUM
jbbelgum 7 3@ole.augie.edu
In January, Sioux Falls Mayor Mike
Huether led his monthly "Listening and
Learning Session" at Sunnycrest Retire­ment
Village.
He will perform the same ritual 3 p.m.
Wednesday at Augustana in the Edith
Mortenson Center Theatre. Huether tries
to diversify the locations of his L and L Ses­sions,
which he has been performing for
about seven years.
KAYLYN DEITER
kkdeiter 7 3@ole.augie.edu
Augustana will know its
next president by spring break.
According to
we're on target to announce the
next president by spring break:'
As chair of the search com­mittee,
Blue helps the group
select three finalists out of the
Becky Blue
current eight can­didates
for the ex­tended
search com:
mittee to choose
from. This extended
committee will be
composed of about
45 board of trustees
members, admin­istrators,
faculty
and students from
across campus who
will select the next
"Students are an important group,
and I want to find out their perspectives;'
Huether said in an email. "I have gone to
Augie on various occasions, including
Q&A sessions. They are always a ton of fun
and very enlightening for me:'
augie.edu
Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether, middle, meets with
presidential search
committee chair
Becky Blue, the
group of 16 tasked
with narrowing the
field of finalists and
eventually choos­ing
the university's
next president is on
track to announce
the news before
students leave for
break in early March.
· "We're keeping the search
confidential;' Blue said. "But
we are down to eight semifinal­ists,
and we're confident that
president. through a series of
in-person interviews. .
When Dean of Students Jim Bies heard
See HUETHER. page 3
an Augustana student in 2011 . Huether will host his
February "Listening and Learning Session" 3 p.m.
Wednesday in the Edith Mortenson Center Theatre.
The new president will be
See PRESIDENT, page 3
Professor returns to campus following dropped charges
JACOB KNUTSON
jaknutson 7 5@ole.augie.edu
uncovered inconsistencies in the
evidence against him.
The South Dakota Democratic
Following his arrest and brief Party allowed Nesiba to retain
leave of absence his seat in the South
from Augustana, Dakota State Legis-economics
professor lature, where he will
Reynold Nesiba has serve while teaching
returned to campus courses.
and resumed teaching Augustana Presi-courses.
dent Rob Oliver said
Further inves- he and administration
tigations into the are relieved Nesiba is
sexual contact charg- able to return to his
es against Nesiba, duties as a professor
originating from an R ld N .b but understands his
m. c1. de n t Se p t . 26 , eyno es1 a return may be u. n-
2016, were dropped by the Min- comfortable for some.
nehaha County State's Attorney's
Office Jan. 5 after investigations See RETURN, page 3
Muslim students
seek understanding
amid current events
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· Timeline of events:
•Sept. 26: Incident between
Reynold Nesiba and an
unidentified female inspires
female to contact police two
days later, complaining of
unwanted sexual advances.
•Nov. 14: Nesiba arrested for
sexual contact without consent.
•Nov. 18: S.D. Democratic Party
bars Nesiba, a state senator­elect,
from caucus activities.
Angles: Can non-violent
political protests spur
change?
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•Jan. 5: Minnehaha County
State's Attorney's Office
drops charges because of
inconsistencies in evidence.
•Jan. 6: S.D. Senate Democrats
reinstate Nesiba to their caucus . .
•Feb. 2: Augustana spring
semester begins with Nesiba
having resumed teaching.
Postseason
approaches for
women's hoops
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