September 30, 2014
Loads of spirit: Equipment manager the ‘rock behind the scenes’ of Coyote athletics
Downstairs in the DakotaDome, between administrative offices and locker rooms, sits Sara Wieseler, surrounded by shelves of athletic equipment near her office desk. Wieseler is the head athletic equipment manager at the University of South Dakota and works as part of the staff behind the scenes of Coyote athletics. Her role isn’t the most glamorous. […]
USD’s Climb Fest grapples new challenges
The 38-foot-high rock climbing wall in the Wellness Center will transform Oct. 8 into a competitive landscape for the fourth-straight year of Climb Fest at the University of South Dakota. USD Climbing Club president Brad Swart said the event is the beginning of fall competitions for the group and is a good start to draw attention to rock climbing […]
Sioux Falls food charity eyes Vermillion to expand
A Sioux Falls charity may expand to the Vermillion area if it gains enough votes in a Walmart campaign. Junior Josh Hayes co-founded the Faith Temple Food Giveaway in Sioux Falls, which feeds 1,000 people each week. The giveaway has teamed up with Feeding South Dakota for Walmart’s Fight Hunger Spark Change campaign. “It’s been […]
Study abroad enrollment trumps other state school numbers
During the 2013 fall semester, Rachel Mihulka got a first-hand history lesson focused on Italy by learning about its history in the place where it actually happened. “Instead of being in a classroom, my Rome Through the Ages lectures were in the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Pantheon,”Mihulka said. Mihulka, a senior majoring in Contemporary Media & Journalism, went […]