Lexi Kerzman

Lexi Kerzman is the current Editor-in-Chief for The Volante. Originally from Bismarck, North Dakota, she came to USD to earn her degree from the Media & Journalism department. She is currently a junior Media & Journalism major and Business Administration minor.

Campus

April 28th, 2020119 The graduating class of 2020 is finishing their time at USD while not actually being on campus. Due to COVID-19, classes were moved online for the rest of the semester and the commencement ceremony was postponed. On April 28, USD officially announced the ceremony would be held on Oct. 24, 2020. The future date for graduation,...
Opinion

April 26th, 202044 2020 has turned the entire world upside down. Our perfect schedules were cleared. Our travel plans were postponed. Classes were redesigned. Everything we knew is gone.  While things we once took for granted are changing to luxuries, it is important to learn from what we are going through.  Through this pandemic, I...
State/Local

April 21st, 2020108 South Dakota’s primary election will take place on June 2 this year. In response to the continued rise in COVID-19 cases, legislation was prompted earlier this month — making this the first time residents will receive absentee ballots via mail.  The application for absentee voting is now officially open. Every South Dakotan...
Campus

April 20th, 202066 Dakotathon and State-A-Thon put aside the USD and SDSU rivalry to combine fundraising forces for this year’s virtual dance marathon. Together as South Dakota Dance Marathon, they raised $242,605.20 for Children’s Miracle Network.  The virtual dance marathon took place on Facebook and featured videos from miracle families and...
Campus

April 17th, 2020131 USD announced on Friday all summer camps are canceled— including American Legion Auxiliary South Dakota Girls State, originally scheduled for June 1 through 6, Despite the cancellation, all participants will receive a certificate of achievement and according to the press release, will be invited to the banquet scheduled for the...
Campus

April 14th, 202087 Every 73 seconds an American is sexually assaulted. Young adults — ages 18-34 — make up 54% of those cases.  This April marks the 19th anniversary for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment or PAVE-USD is using this month to further spread awareness on resources available for USD students —...
Opinion

April 14th, 202057 In a time when everything is online working remotely should be easy. It should be easy to put together a paper from your house — but it’s not.  While The Volante staff is lucky to have access to Adobe Indesign on our laptops, the ability to edit photos from our living rooms, access to the internet to keep our website up to...
Special

April 7th, 2020254 The Volante is already a small staff — with only 13 executive staff members and five more reporters. This year, we have focused on being a team and working together. I'm so grateful we made teamwork a priority early.  This is not how I or any Editor-in-Chief wanted this semester to conclude, but we have all found a way to...
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