04 Broadcaster Press February 17, 2015 www.broadcasteronline.com OF VERMILLION USD LAW SCHOOL: JUSTICE IS SERVED ? DRIVE-THRU From Page 2 According to Clarke, the most common reason for annoyed customers is the order-taker not hearing them. By Zach Wetzel For the Plain Talk This is not always the order-takers fault as the car The University of South window might not be open Dakota School of Law has wide enough, the customer been around for a long time, might be soft-spoken or and it continues to thrive as simply not speaking directly an essential part of the into the microphone. Vermillion community. “Sometimes we ask them According to Nicholas a few times to speak up and McInerney, the Admissions they’ll drive off because and Enrollment Coordinator, they’re mad that we can’t the Law School traces its' hear them,” Clarke said. roots back to 1901. “The best we can do is ask "It graduated its first class them to pull up to the in 1902 which consisted of window and we just get the one student," said McInerney. order there. It takes a little "He was a transfer student, bit longer but at least we get which is why he was able to the food right. They’re graduate when the school was pretty understanding for the open only one year." most part especially elderly The student body has people who in turn have a grown considerably since hard time hearing the then. order-taker over the "The first law school speaker.” building opened several years Third challenge: later in 1907," said operating the McInerney. "Arts & Sciences machinery/technology now calls that building home. Students and community members alike benefit from the powerful impact the USD Law Who knew that the order The current home of the law School has made on the Vermillion community and on the state of South Dakota. in which you name your ZACH WETZEL / FOR THE PLAIN TALK: school opened in 1981." desired items makes a The USD Law School is difference to the order participate in these events." South Dakota leaders to Vermillion. particularly unique because it has one taker? In February a documentary called Over 70 percent of the state bar is of the smallest student bodies in the “When people start to The Newburgh Sting will be shown on made up of USD Law graduates. Midwest. As a result, the school is able order, probably at least a campus in honor of Black History The Law School has produced to respond better to the needs of each many general practitioners, governors, month. In March, Judge Curtis Collier, quarter of the time people individual student. Senior United States District Judge for won’t say what sizes they and even South Dakota Supreme Additionally, the small size of the the Eastern District of Tennessee, will want,” Clarke said. “They’ll Court Justices. school allows for more community present the annual Thurgood Marshall say I want four or five "It can be presumed that many of interaction. blizzards and they’ll list Lecture. these individuals have a fond place in "The small size of the school them all off and if we don’t Most graduates of the school their heart for Vermillion," said provides us the ability to be flexible remain in South Dakota. This directly know what size. It’s harder McInerney. "Some have even earned and attentive to our students’ needs," on us because we have to influences Vermillion and its' their undergraduate degrees here as said McInerney. "Faculty are accessible well and called it home for many put in the size before we neighboring cities. and available to students, a majority select what kind. For newer "I would estimate that 50-60 years. As a small town with a unique employing an open door policy." employees it’s a lot harder character all its own, Vermillion makes percent of grads remain in SD while Over the course of its' 114-year because their memory skills another 30-35 percent remain in the an impression on each student which history, the school has brought many aren’t up there yet. Whereas region (IA, MN, NE, ND, CO)," said visits it." there’s a handful of us who McInerney. "Depending on the year, Students who can go back through and anywhere from 10-25% branch out leave Vermillion punch it in because we and South Dakota nationally. We have USD Law know where all the buttons graduates from Maine to Hawaii." bring the culture According to top-law-schools.com, are and everything.” of Vermillion Bethel Township will hold its Order-takers learn to USD Law has a very low attrition rate. with them. Many annual meeting at navigate a touch screen The school offers many jointstudents will degree Master's programs for students resembling a large bingo 2:00 PM, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at the return to board with food sizes, who want to branch out and explore Vermillion for Wakonda Legion Hall, Wakonda, SD. other options. There are many unique categories, extra options special events and a digital register. academic programs within the Law such as D-Days. It’s hard to learn and School as well. There are easy to forget, according to Because Indian law is such an many fun Clarke. important part of South Dakota, the activities to “A lot of doing driveLaw School focuses heavily on this participate in thru is experience,” he said. area of law. To prepare for practice in both on and off“You can be on there for this field, students enroll in classes campus. three months and you can such as Federal Indian Law, Indian One way that March 10 at 2:00 PM. know what you’re doing but Criminal Jurisdiction, Indian Civil USD Law if you get taken off for a interacts with and Jurisdiction, Indian Gaming and month and go back you Economic Development, Rights of Darby Ganschow, Clerk impacts the might struggle a little bit to Indigenous Peoples, and Native community is have the confidence to American Natural Resources Law. through its' actually do it again.” Students intending to practice law school events. Working drive-thru has in South Dakota generally take the "Most events the same challenges as Indian Law course, as there is an at USD Law are working behind the counter. Indian Law question on the state bar open to the Employees work to get exam. public," said orders correct, get McInerney. "We ? ART, Page 10 Starting Sunday, Feb. 1 through March 31: welcome our Starting Sunday, Feb. through March a community to Notice of Annual Meeting SPORTS LEGENDS L of Vermillion Vermillion Vermillion ermillio The Nomination Process Takes Place Nomination Process Takes Place everything the customer wants, answer all their questions politely and have the right amount of customer service in one order without taking away from another. Despite all precautions, someone will inevitably be offended. “A lot of people get irritated with people at drive-thru,” Clarke said. “I think it’s the fact that you can’t see them. A lot of the people aren’t confrontational face-to-face at the counter. It’s easier to yell at a voice box than it is to a person.” Sometimes angry customers make for a funny story to bring home. “The funniest story I’ve heard, there was some lady who came through the drive thru and she ordered a #8,” Clarke said. “For us it would be the Iron Grill turkey sandwich. So they read the order back and she says, no it’s supposed to be two tacos. We said we don’t have tacos here and she said, ‘This is Taco Johns, you guys have tacos.’ She yelled at them and drove away.” Clarke said DQ has had it’s share of walk-thrus and even trot-thrus. “We’ve had horses come through the drive thru,” he said. “I wasn’t here for that. It doesn’t set off the order board because it’s a magnetic sensor.” So that’s how DQ knows your car is waiting to order. The sensor can be fooled though, according to Clarke. “There was a slow night and a pop can rolled across our sensor and set it off,” he said. “I never thought that was possible. So we answered it and looked out and there was no car there, just a pop can rolling by. It was a little weird.” Angry customers and ghost-orders aside, there are some fulfilling moments as a drive-thru worker as well. “A lady and her son came through the drive thru one day probably a couple years back,” Clarke said. “We were busy but we still treated them nice. When they got to the window they said they travel the country a lot and go through a lot of drive thrus where the ordertakers are angry at them and they said they were shocked at how nice we sounded and how courteous we were.” Clarke was surprised with a $5 tip. “I think a lot of the customer anger stems from when they come to a drivethru and the workers are unhappy,” he said. Doesn’t seem to be a problem at DQ. 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