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VIDEO: Conference puts women and gender issues at forefront
Graduate students Haley Schwenk and Elise Hocking presented their results from research regarding college students’ attitudes toward workers requesting paternity and maternity leave during the Biennial Women and Gender Research Conference April 9. Their results showed something few audience members expected. College students considered women who request maternity leave as more dominant, and men who requested paternity […]
Language department chair draws from West Point, ballet experiences to teach students
Three months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Laura Vidler couldn’t shake off the urge to serve her country in some way. She didn’t come from a military background and didn’t know if she had what it took to be in the military, but she knew she had to contribute to her devastated country one way […]
Film censorship pressure ignites interest, confusion
Censorship pressure claims at the University of South Dakota have resulted in widespread interest in a film playing Friday in the Muenster University Center. “Honors Diaries” is scheduled for public viewing April 10 at 1:45 p.m. in room 216 of the MUC as part of the biennial Women and Gender Research Conference. “Honor Diaries” deals […]
Dakotathon raises charity expectations, dedicating dance to former miracle child
Dakotathon at the University of South Dakota won’t be an easy task in 2015. In addition to raising its fundraising goal from $56,000 to $61,000, the organization was also hit with a more personal loss. Dakotathon is a 24-hour event in which volunteer dancers are paired with “miracle children” — children with illnesses — to […]
Legislators allocate emergency funds for needs-based awards
Governor Dennis Daugaard signed Senate Bill 91, declaring an emergency for the South Dakota Needs Based Grant Program and allocating $150,000 in emergency funding to the South Dakota Board of Regents March 30. The law is a temporary fix for a $1.5 million program established in 2013 to fund needs-based scholarships for South Dakota residents. […]
Administrators explain reason for class on Easter Monday
Unlike high school students or even some college students in the region, University of South Dakota students were in class on Easter Monday, or April 6. Jim Moran, USD provost and vice president for academic affairs, said classes are held on Easter Monday because it is not recognized as a religious holiday. “There is this […]
Tuition rising five percent across the state
Students at the University of South Dakota will pay more out-of-pocket after an increase of tuition and fees was approved last week by the South Dakota Board of Regents. USD will see a yearly cost increase of about $435 per student, or about 5.4 percent. The average increase across the regental system was $455.76 yearly, […]
SGA gives more funds to student organizations through GAF
Student Government Association President Sami Zoss is excited to see what student organizations will do with the new money available through the General Activities Fees increase approved by the South Dakota Board of Regents last week. “With the GAF increase, it’s really exciting, we had an extra $50,000 to allocate between large and small organizations,” […]
Students balance class work with childcare experiences
Junior Jessie Miller has been working at daycares for all three years of her college career. She suggests to check this page for the best daycare services. “I just really love children, so I’ve just always wanted to work with them,” Miller said. “I connect really well with them, and so one of the only […]
VIDEO: Athletes celebrate ‘million minute’ reward with elementary students
Junior Tia Hemiller has gone up against some of the best defensive rebounders in the country on the basketball court. But on March 31, the 5’8’’ starting point guard for the University of South Dakota took on a swarm of pint-sized opponents. Hemiller was all in for a schoolyard-style game of knockout in the DakotaDome […]