Final plans for Vermillion pool near completion
City officials say plans for a new pool in Prentis Park are almost ready to be made into reality. All finalized designs will be completed before Thanksgiving, Vermillion Parks and Recreation Director Jim Goblirsch said. Goblirsch said he’ll be getting bids on the pool’s play features this week, while bids for the pool construction as […]
VPD discredits fraternity president claims, says no evidence of assualt
The Vermillion Police Deparment says there isn’t enough information to label an incident this past Friday morning outside of the Lambda Chi Alpha house as an assault and robbery, contrary to information provided in an email by the fraternity’s president sent to Greek Life students. VPD is labeling the Sept. 4 incident a medical call, and […]
USD to give cost of attendance stipends to student-athletes
The University of South Dakota Department of Athletics will now cover attendance stipends to student-athletes. On Friday, the department said in a press release that stipends will be available for athletes from all 17 sports beginning with the 2016-2017 season. In January, the NCAA adopted new rules which allow scholarships for athletes to include expenses […]
Vermillion Police Department implements use of body cameras
With a small battery pack attached to the hip and a wire snaking up to a camera on a pair of sunglasses, Vermillion police officers are now filming their encounters with the public. Implemented in mid-July, the body cameras are worn by all on-duty Vermillion Police Department officers. When VPD Chief Matt Betzen started to advocate for their integration […]
Vermillion Cup Club provides students, community with discounts around town
The Vermillion Cup Club is giving new meaning to red cups on a college campus. Free to all University of South Dakota students and their families, the cups provide discounts when brought to any participating Vermillion business. First-years and their families received cups on Move-In Day and cup distribution for upperclassmen began Aug. 25 at the Muenster University Center […]
Three SGA Senate seats to be filled by Sept. 8
Three open seats in the Student Government Association Senate are expected to be filled by its second meeting Sept. 8. Applications for the two first-year seats and one at-large seat are due Sept. 9, with interviews and a mock senate session to follow on Labor Day. Junior Nathaniel Steinlicht, chair of the Internal Review Committee, said he’d […]
Student fee increase approved by Board of Regents
The South Dakota Board of Regents approved a General Activity Fee fund increase for the University of South Dakota in April. The increase will start at $4.50 per credit hour and increase in amount for three years until it caps at $13.50 per credit hour. Only the $4.50 has been approved, because SDBOR can only make decisions one […]
Finding your first-year niche takes patience
My first year at the University of South Dakota was great and awful simultaneously — like most worthwhile experiences. I came to USD knowing absolutely no one. I was seven hours away from home, and at the time, couldn’t be happier about it. That changed pretty quickly. I was in a long distance relationship, didn’t […]
Students should try new things, get out of their comfort zones
Get involved — one of the many phrases you’ll hear time and time again once you come to college. And as important as immersing yourself into the college culture is, it’s also important to keep things in perspective. If you’re like me, or even if you’re not, college in itself can be a huge adjustment. […]
USD grad student traveling to Romania to study orphanages
Like any other morning, around 8 a.m. on March 24, University of South Dakota graduate student Holly Baker checked her email. It was then she got the news of a lifetime. She had been selected for a Fulbright study and research grant in Romania. “It was new in my inbox and I just kind of sat bolt-right […]