Seekamp receives one more year of eligibility

After finishing second place finish in the Summit League tournament last month, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team received a piece of good news Monday afternoon. Senior Nicole Seekamp has been granted another year of eligibility and will compete again in the Coyote jersey for the 2015-16 season following a two-game withholding. Seekamp […]

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AWOL expects growth after GAF vote allows increased funding

Pending approval by the South Dakota Board of Regents, growing student organizations like Alternative Week of Off-Campus Learning (AWOL) are expecting to benefit from last month’s General Activities Fees increase vote. According to the General Activity Fee increase proposal presented to the University of South Dakota Student Government Association, AWOL will receive $12,000 in specific […]

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Diversity Symposium event encourages attendees to extend inclusive environment

Sophomore Lexy Antoine said she had not thought about a clear-cut definition of feminists before, but she understood some stereotypes surrounding the term. “It kind of has a negative connotation of, ‘Those girls are crazy feminist. They do crazy things,” she said. “Really, I just think it’s people that are interested in helping women in […]

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Beer tax petition killed after City Attorney finds language ‘insufficient’

A petition opposing a wholesale markup on malt liquor purchases and calling for a city-wide vote on the markup failed to meet the requirements mandated by the City of Vermillion last week, Vermillion City Manager John Prescott said. The deadline to submit a petition opposing the five percent markup — labeled a “beer tax” by […]

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