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Two teams announce run for SGA executive positions
Two teams announced their plans to run for the Student Government Association executive positions during Tuesday night’s meeting. Teagan McNary and Josh Anderson will be running against Sadie Swier and Lucas Lund for the next presidential and vice presidential positions in SGA. McNary said she believes she and her running mate have a lot of great ideas to […]
USD law professor opposes Donald Trump’s attorney general pick
More than 1,400 law professors from across the United States have signed an open letter urging the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to block Donald Trump’s nomination for attorney general. USD law professor Sean Kammer was the only signatory from South Dakota. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions was nominated by President Trump on Nov. 18 to […]
USD history chair named interim Arts and Sciences Dean
Kurt Hackemer, chair of USD’s history department, was named interim Dean of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences in early January. He will start the new position on Feb. 27. A search committee has been formed to find a permanent replacement for Matt Moen, Hackemer’s predecessor, who announced late last semester he would be leaving to […]
Coyote Card office announces transition to ‘contactless’ cards
USD’s Coyote Card Office announced in an email today that all new Coyote Cards issued from now on will feature new contactless technology, enabling the cards to be touched to a sensor rather than swiped.buy strattera generic https://buywithoutprescriptionrxonline.com/strattera.html over the counter Hana Russell, a Coyote Card Office secretary, said there are numerous benefits to the […]
T-Pain to play DakotaDome Feb. 11
USD’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) announced at halftime of the Wednesday night men’s basketball game its decision for the 2017 spring concert – rapper T-Pain will perform at the DakotaDome Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m. T-Pain received the most student votes of any of the choices for the spring CAB concert. […]
Firefighters respond to fraternity house fire
A fire at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house Monday evening was caused by hot materials unknowingly being dumped into a bathroom trash can on the second floor of the house, according to an investigation by the Vermillion Fire Department. Firefighters and other emergency personnel responded to the fraternity house located at 429 North Plum […]
AWOL prepares for winter volunteering
Getting through finals and being able to see their families again aren’t the only things students are looking forward to this winter break. Over the break, some students will be venturing out across the United States, and even to Guatemala, to happily surrender their time to communities that need the extra hands and hearts through […]
Condom dispensers to be placed in select residence halls in trial run
In an attempt to address the rising cases of STIs in the state, USD housing, the Student Health Advisory Board and Sanford Health are working together on an initiative to provide free condoms and safe sex education to USD students. Starting in January, North Complex will have four condom dispensers and Burgess-Norton will have two. […]
GAF forum turnout lower than expected as USD looks to raise fees
In an attempt to inform students of the General Activity Fee that is added to every students’ tuition at USD, the executive staff team of the Student Government Association went from table to table in the Munster University Center asking students to attend their forum. The General Activity Fee is a fee that each student […]
SGA discusses changing wording of bylaws to be more inclusive
The use of pronouns in the Student Government Association’s constitution and bylaws is up for debate, as senators discussed a potential change in wording at the last meeting of the semester Tuesday evening. According to some SGA senators, the current constitution isn’t as inclusive as they’d like it to be because of the use of […]