COLUMN: S.D. high school sports to benefit from Senate Bill 90
Sports are filled with unwritten rules. In baseball, you’re not supposed to talk to a pitcher while he has a no-hitter going. In basketball, you don’t shoot as the time expires when you are already winning. And in football, you are supposed to take a knee in the final minute of the game. Since I’ve […]
First-years adjust to the closing of the Commons
The new centerpiece of the University of South Dakota, the expanded Muenster University Center has left students’ mouths drooling through the first few weeks of the 2014 spring semester, and it’s not just the well-crafted burritos of Qdoba or the bomb chicken of Chick-fil-A. It’s also the numerous televisions along the walls, the views through […]
Concussion protocol transforms
Concussions have been causing quite a stir in the National Football League recently, but University of South Dakota head athletic trainer Bruce Fischbach said USD and other universities around the nation have always been handling concussions cautiously. “Concussions are not new. The way colleges treat concussions is not new,” Fischbach said. “The NFL has changed […]
Coyote women aim to raise declining record
Before students at the University of South Dakota campus left Vermillion for winter break, the USD women’s basketball team was sitting right where it wanted to be. The team was holding a 7-5 record and was gaining momentum heading into conference play. Everyone was healthy, and they seemed ready for 2014 to make its way […]
USD women’s basketball nets its first conference win
With one more home game before road match-ups with its two biggest rivals, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team was desperate for its first conference win of the season. What resulted was one of the team’s best halves of basketball this season, head coach Amy Williams said. The Coyotes turned in a rout […]
USD women drop to 0-4 in conference play after loss to Western Illinois
Timely scoring and 13 three-pointers were a winning formula Thursday night for Western Illinois as they dropped the University of South Dakota’s women’s basketball team to 0-4 in conference play. Most of the Western Illinois threes came from the fingers of sophomore guard Michelle Maher, who led all scorers with 27 points in the 81-71 […]
USD leads in Summit League after win against IPFW
Summit League men’s basketball teams are looking up at the University of South Dakota at the top of conference standings after the Coyotes (8-9, 3-0 Summit) captured their fifth straight win with a 75-61 victory over Fort Wayne (15-6, 3-1 Summit). Head coach Joey James said he thinks the Coyotes played about 35 minutes of […]
More than 60 turn out for SGA meeting
Senators of the Student Government Association may be in position to act as the representative voice of the student body, but some student were angered by Tuesday night’s meeting to find their own voices cut short by SGA proceedings. “I just wanted to be heard,” said graduate student Lydia Graslie. Graslie was among the largest […]
COLUMN: More resources provide best production
Facebook had me convinced a while back that the University of South Dakota was quickly becoming the best university in the Midwest. As soon as plans for a new sports facility and basketball arena were made public, my news feed flooded with shares and statuses from current, former and future students celebrating USD’s advancement. It […]
Proposed bill draws large crowd, mixed reactions at Tuesday SGA meeting
A Student Government Association bill to reserve senate seats for “traditionally marginalized” student organizations drew one of the largest turnouts ever to SGA’s Dec. 10 meeting, according to President Erik Muckey. Senate Bill 62 would require adding four at-large senate seats for 10 designated “traditionally marginalized” organizations. Debate during the meeting centered around three strong […]