Friday,  August 10, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 027 • 15 of 26 •  Other Editions

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• Regent Harvey Jewett said he believes an increase in money for maintenance and repair is needed to keep campus buildings in good shape. The quality of dormitories, science labs and other buildings plays a big role in recruiting students to the universities, he said.
• The regents are seeking $2 million in state money to create a doctoral program in physics at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the University of South Dakota. South Dakota is one of only two states that have no doctoral degrees in physics, but the program is needed to support the underground science lab at the former Homestake mine in the Black Hills, they said.
• "We think the time has come now, particularly with the lab being in an advanced state," Regents Executive Director Jack Warner said.

• The budget request also seeks $2.6 million to expand the education of doctors and physician assistants at the University of South Dakota Medical School. The number of entering medical school students would be increased by 11 a year over four years, and the number of physician assistant students would be increased by five a year over three years.
• In addition, the regents want nearly $447,000 for teacher education programs at five universities to help produce more teachers for high schools on American Indian reservations.
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Adventurer starting swim down Missouri River
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- After trying similar feats with a kayak and skateboard, British adventurer Dave Cornthwaite turns his attention to swimming Friday as he embarks on a 1,000-mile journey down the Missouri River that will take him from Chamberlain, S.D., to St. Louis.
• "I wouldn't say I'm nervous at all. We've prepared really well. I'm kind of used to taking on these challenges and for everybody around me to consider me mad and tell me I'm going to die and all these things," Cornthwaite said by phone Thursday as he looked out at the river in Chamberlain, a day before the swim begins.
• A team of seven will be paddleboarding alongside Cornthwaite as he swims down the river, averaging about 20 miles a day, and posting to Twitter and Facebook along the way.
• "I basically want to open up this experience we're all doing and just break it down. Sure it's hard, but it's something that everybody can do if they want to," he

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