March 19th, 201965For one weekend, theatre students are in charge of their own productions. The One Act Play festival opened Friday night and featured five one act plays all directed by students.
The One Act Play festival is a culmination of a directing course made up of both graduate and undergraduate students. These students go from learning how to...
March 19th, 201943Some students went home for spring break, while others traveled somewhere warm. But the USD Chamber Singers took a trip across the Atlantic and spent their break touring Europe.
Every spring, the Chamber Singers go on a tour. Last year, they traveled throughout the Midwest, but this year, they took their music all the way to England and...
February 24th, 201947Since 2012, the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival has hosted the annual Wine with Will event, an evening dedicated to supporting this nonprofit organization and the arts. Wine with Will began Friday evening with musical stylings by the Queen’s Pleasure, a local woodwinds group that set the ambiance for the event. Throughout the...
February 19th, 2019186One of USD’s oldest traditions had Aalfs auditorium buzzing with students last weekend. The 96th annual Strollers show featured highlights from all the houses of USD’s Greek Life and the Strollers themselves. Every year, each sorority on campus pairs up with two fraternities to put together a skit for Strollers. To prepare for the...
February 17th, 2019131When class is out, most students assume professors go home to their families or spend time planning and grading.
However, some USD professors are in bands. Two professor bands, Beard and Blue Ruins, both showed off their musical stylings at concerts last weekend.
Beard
Beard is an alternative-rock band made up of lead guitarist Jacob...
Engage. Enlighten. Evolve. The Union of African American Students (UAAS) and Center for Diversity and Community (CDC) highlighted this theme at their annual Black History Month Kickoff on Thursday...Campus
On Friday, the Freedom Forum, the creator and primary funder of Newseum, announced the sale of the building in which the museum is located. The building was sold to John Hopkins University, which...
January 26th, 201957Countless hours of rehearsal and preparation lead up to one moment in front of the audience, one moment for a musician to show off everything they have, after planning, advertising and practicing over and over again. The audience never really sees the extensive amounts of work that go into a recital. Kevin Phillips, fifth-year music...
January 20th, 201935Roller skating and Dolly Parton music have come together to create United Way Vermillion’s annual Dolly Disco event.
For the last five years, United Way Vermillion has been hosting a Dolly Disco event for Dolly Parton’s birthday to raise money for Imagination Library. The fifth annual Dolly Disco event was held at the armory on...
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