USD law professor opposes Donald Trump’s attorney general pick

More than 1,400 law professors from across the United States have signed an open letter urging the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to block Donald Trump’s nomination for attorney general. USD law professor Sean Kammer was the only signatory from South Dakota. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions was nominated by President Trump on Nov. 18 to […]

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Sexually transmitted infection rates on the rise in South Dakota

Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in South Dakota, according to the South Dakota Department of Health in a yearly infectious disease report. STIs are infections that can be transferred person-to-person through sexual contact. This includes vaginal, anal, and oral sex. Comparing year-to-date data on new cases to the five-year median between 2011 and 2015, […]

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Students battle it out in North Complex laser tag event

North Complex was a battleground Wednesday night as students armed with laser guns ducked behind cover while trying to take out opponents. Students gathered to enjoy a friendly battle of laser tag hosted by the Laser Barn in the Beede-Mickleson basement. During the event, students could team up, betray, and “kill” others. One of the competitors, junior, […]

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Wellness Coalition brings awareness to binge drinking with new program

  With a presentation titled “Cocktails and Camelbaks, members of the Wellness Coalition are taking a new approach in educating students about the dangers of underage drinking by going where they’ve never gone before: the residence halls. On Monday evening, the Coalition, which aims to advance behavioral health and wellness for USD students through prevention […]

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Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist visits USD

An image is said to be worth 1,000 words, but for one community photojournalist it was also worth the Pultizer Prize. Robert Cohen, a Pulitzer-Prize winning community photojournalist, visited USD last Thursday. Cohen, an employee of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, won his Pulitzer for his photographic coverage of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death […]

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