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School of Mines cuts ribbon on downtown building
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is cutting the ribbon Friday on its new downtown campus building in Rapid City.
• The 18,000-square-foot building is housing the university's industrial engineering department and a four-room conference center for community use.
• Guests attending the 10:30 a.m. grand opening ceremony will be offered facility tours and refreshments following speeches by school and community officials.
• The industrial engineering program and its nearly 150 students have operated out of the top two floors of the building for the past year while renovations continued on the main floor and basement.
• The university is expanding into downtown is two-fold to connect with Rapid City's economic development plans and expand its campus to accommodate growth.
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S. Dakota bids farewell to former Sen. McGovern
BRIAN BAKST,Associated Press
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- As a presidential hopeful marked in history for his futile 1972 finish, George McGovern wore the badge of an unapologetic liberal. As a longtime Democratic officeholder from conservative South Dakota, the former senator had admirers who spanned the political spectrum.
• The view of McGovern as a public servant with broader appeal prevailed as South Dakota prepared for a final send-off Friday of the man many knew simply as George. A large memorial service was to follow a more intimate prayer service held Thursday night and attended by the state's luminaries and Vice President Joe Biden.
• In Biden's 25-minute reflection on his former Senate colleague, the vice president hailed McGovern as "the father of the modern Democratic Party." Without his resolve, Biden said, the country would have remained mired in the Vietnam War for longer and "so much more blood and so much more treasure would have been wasted."
• "The war would never have ended when it did. It would never have ended when it did," Biden said, his voice rising as he turned his body toward McGovern's daughters. "Your father gave courage to people who didn't have the courage to speak up (Continued on page 21)
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