January 17th, 20217 The USD Gallagher Center participated in Martin Luther King’s (MLK) Day of Service on Jan. 18 by partnering with the Vermillion Food Pantry and Feeding South Dakota to host a week-long food drive leading up to MLK day. This was the first year the Gallagher Center put on the MLK Day of Service Food Drive, nevertheless, it was a...
January 17th, 20219 A new voter registration initiative was introduced to the Young Democrats of South Dakota last week by Addison Miller, a sophomore political science student at the University of South Dakota. Miller calls the initiative “Passive Active Registration” with the goal of increasing the number of newly registered Democrats by 50% in...
January 15th, 20219 The USD men’s basketball team lost one of its two seniors after Ty Chisom, a senior guard for the Coyotes, announced via Instagram on Jan. 12 he would be leaving the program effective immediately. “Thank you for everything and I wouldn’t change anything loved the experience as coyote forever will be in my heart,” Chisom said...
December 7th, 202039 After falling short against two Top 25 ranked teams to open the season last weekend, the USD women eased their way to their first win with a 89-52 victory over the Lipscomb Bisons Sunday. USD head coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s squad controlled the game from the jump with the help of USD's senior center Hannah Sjerven tallying the first 9...
November 17th, 202076 USD's Physics Department is taking part in radioactive material experiments with the goal to research and develop the next generation of germanium (Ge) detectors. Ge detectors are particle detectors that attempt to use excellent energy resolution and extremely low-energy thresholds for dark matter searches and detection of new...
November 16th, 202038 The Student Government Association voted this past October to move the jurisdiction of the Green Initiative Fund (GIF) from SGA to the USD Sustainability Committee. The GIF gives students at USD funds provided by the general activity fund (GAF) to pursue projects on campus that make USD a more sustainable and environmentally friendly...
November 16th, 202051 11AAA: Brandon Valley 35, Harrisburg 14 The 11AAA state title went to the number two seeded Brandon Valley Lynx with the team’s 35-14 victory over the Harrisburg Tigers. The win gives Brandon Valley their second state title in three years after the Lynx’s loss to O’Gorman in last year’s state title game. “Especially...
November 8th, 202068 A few months after finishing her undergraduate degree at Oberlin College, Anna Moore came to USD this past spring to be a sustainability coordinator and do research as a graduate student. One of Moore’s research projects included conducting a Zero Waste Assessment (ZWA) of the university’s waste management program over the...
November 8th, 202033 As the Coyotes men’s and women’s basketball teams complete their last three weeks of fall practice, both team’s conference schedules were announced last week for the upcoming winter season. The Summit League’s Nov. 4 announcement detailed a 16 game schedule (8 games for the men, 8 games for the women) with all games being...
