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Malachi Petersen is a graduate student at the University of South Dakota getting his master's degree in public administration. He received his bachelor's degree in May of 2017 from USD, majoring in political science and journalism. Malachi worked at The Volante from August 2013 to January 2017 in various capacities, including as the 2016 editor-in-chief, before leaving the editorial side of the publication to run for Student Government Association to represent the graduate school. He's worked as an intern at the Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company in Vermillion, SD; the Bemidji Pioneer in Bemidji, MN; Argus Leader Media in Sioux Falls, SD; the San Antonio Express-News in San Antonio, TX, and as a freelance writer for the Sioux Falls Business Journal. His articles have been published by multiple news organizations across the United States, including The Associated Press and USA Today. Malachi is from Lawton, IA.

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Arens sisters 'grateful' to be playing together at USD

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Students, faculty voice concerns after presidential election Campus

Students, faculty voice concerns after presidential election

November 16th, 2016900 With four words crudely scrawled on a piece of paper and shoved under her door last Thursday, first-year Valerie Sunderland’s fears about what a future Donald Trump presidency might entail for her as a black student became a reality. “At that moment, you know, I had never felt more unsafe being who I am in my life,” Sunderland...
Campaigning for local office requires long hours, thousands of dollars Campus

Campaigning for local office requires long hours, thousands of dollars

November 8th, 201677 Whether it was talking to patrons at The Bean coffee shop downtown or going door to door in an apartment building on the other side of Vermillion in the days leading up to last night’s election, Mark Winegar stopped and talked to anyone that would listen in the waning days of his campaign. The Democratic candidate for District 17...
Sioux City Trump rally draws thousands, including USD students State/Local

Sioux City Trump rally draws thousands, including USD students

November 6th, 20161540 Wearing red ball caps with the slogan "make America great again" and carrying "the silent majority stands with Trump" signs, more than 3,500 people packed into the Sioux City Convention Center Sunday afternoon to see Presidential Candidate Donald Trump speak a mere two days before election day. Sprinkled among the supporters draped in...
UPDATED: Funeral, memorial services for USD student announced Campus

UPDATED: Funeral, memorial services for USD student announced

October 29th, 20164989 Funeral and memorial services have been set for Benjamin Marchand, a first-year honors student majoring in biology at USD who died Saturday morning. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. at the Custer Armory, according to an email sent to students Tuesday afternoon from the Office of the Vice President/Dean of Students. There will...
Better than all the rest: USD ranking among 'top' lists not an exact science Campus

Better than all the rest: USD ranking among 'top' lists not an exact science

October 25th, 2016143 It’s good to be the best, but how are the best decided? That’s the question that officials from USD’s office of marketing communications & university relations have to decide every time the university lands on a new college ranking list. On Friday, USD was named as one of “the top 20 best value law schools,” by Prelaw...
President James Abbott enters 20th year as head USD executive Verve

President James Abbott enters 20th year as head USD executive

October 19th, 20161203 7:30 a.m. – As the rays of the early morning sun start to peak through the thick mist that has settled over the University of South Dakota, a lone white car sits outside of Slagle Hall under a sign that reads “Parking for University President Only.” It’s a new week at South Dakota’s flagship university and President James...
Board of Regents request more than $3.6 million for cybersecurity upgrades as institutions try to protect student data State/Local

Board of Regents request more than $3.6 million for cybersecurity upgrades as institutions try to protect student data

October 11th, 2016144 Like an invading army using battering rams to break down the gates of a walled city, the relentless cyberattacks come every day on hundreds of USD-owned IP addresses, trying to break down firewalls and other security measures to steal a wealth of data. In an age where everything is stored online, every student has a device connected to...
Coyotes upset No. 11 UNI 28-25 in close Dakota Days game Sports

Coyotes upset No. 11 UNI 28-25 in close Dakota Days game

October 8th, 2016219 It was revenge two years in the making Saturday afternoon when USD beat No. 11 ranked University of Northern Iowa 28-25 in a close Dakota Days game in the DakotaDome. The Coyotes came out of the gate early with a huge 69-yard rushing touchdown by USD quarterback Chris Streveler in the first two minutes of the game, setting the tone...
New program aims to help solve food insecurity with donated MUC food Campus

New program aims to help solve food insecurity with donated MUC food

October 4th, 2016292 The small, 15-pound box of assorted food being donated to the Vermillion Welcome Table on Friday wasn’t much of a sight to see, but for a few USD students, it was the culmination of more than a year of work. A newly implemented Food Recovery Program at USD aims to take food that would otherwise be thrown out at the MUC and donate it...
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