Shakespeare Garden receives renovations; gives USD insight to liberal arts
The University of South Dakota’s Shakespeare Garden received some renovations this summer. The facilities management on campus contributed by ordering new plants that would be sustainable in most climates and placing down concrete curbs to set out the garden plots. The Shakespeare Garden was established in honor of an English department faculty member, according […]
Anime inspires, entertains with thoughtful storytelling
Since I was 12-years-old, I have been intrigued with Japanese animation, or anime. When I tell people this, they never understand why. Many people are under the assumption anime is merely for children, or it is only for “people with no lives.” There is much more to anime than being a “person with no life” […]
The ‘American Dream’ shouldn’t dictate life choices
For many generations getting married after attending college, working at a job and having many children has been portrayed as the “American Dream.” People my age are planning their weddings, thinking about how many kids they want and anticipating finding a job that will make their dreams come true after first suffering in college. Admittedly, […]
Transgender identification should be recognized, respected
Transgender individuals identify as such because they feel trapped in their bodies. When these men and women know in their hearts that this is who they are, they finally feel comfortable in their own body. Being transgender is not the same as being gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual or any other sexual orientation. In an article […]
Natural hair movement encourages women to love their hair
For years, females have been given the perfect persona of how to look, dress and present themselves. This affects women and girls of all ages and races.buy premarin online https://www.pharmalucence.com/wp-content/languages/new/generic/premarin.html no prescription African American women, for example, are given the idea that their hair is ugly — that curls are not something they need and that relaxing or straightening […]
First Amendment should not excuse racism
The University of Oklahoma has closed its chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video was leaked of some members singing a racist chant. An OU black student alliance group called Unheard OU leaked the videos, and was happy about the response it evoked from the public. Even the national president of SAE was […]
Symbolic tattoos should celebrate culture
I have a tattoo in Chinese hanzi, or characters. I studied Chinese for four years, and one year my class learned about idioms. One of the phrases we learned meant “seeing is believing.” I adopted this saying as a personal motto, and since learning Chinese was important to me, I decided to get a tattoo of it. There […]
Society associates ‘fat’ with ugly
Despite beauty being subjective, there will always be the argument of what is deemed beautiful and what is deemed taboo or ugly. Society has delivered the message numerous times that being fat automatically means that a person is ugly, regardless of any other factors. Although this stereotype is true anywhere, it is especially true in a college setting. […]
Diversity allows students to appreciate one another
Diversity in colleges — and everywhere, really — helps one appreciate how unalike everyone is. Lamont Sellers, director of the Center for Diversity & Community at the University of South Dakota, said diversity is beginning to blossom in the college setting. “For college students, for colleges in general, we’re living in a more and more diverse world […]
Celebrity award season is a popularity contest
Springtime welcomes the ever-so-exciting celebrity awards season, in which someone’s favorite celebrity is nominated for best actor, best singer, etc. These awards are demeaning. For one thing, awards tell celebrities that they have to work hard throughout the year so they can win a statue to represent the hard work they did in comparison to their peers. […]