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Year-long class registration to go into effect this spring
Changes to class registration are going to effect in the coming weeks. University of South Dakota administrators are implementing a new year-long registration process in which students will sign up for summer, fall and spring classes next year all at once. The new process is effective for the upcoming school year. Jim Moran, provost and […]
Education students weigh career options
According to the National Education Association, the average starting teaching salary for South Dakota is $29,851 and the average public school teacher salary is $39,018. Hee-sook Choi, interim dean of the School of Education, said about 60 percent of the students who graduate from the University of South Dakota’s teacher education program stay in state, […]
Mandated national health insurance deadline Sunday
The deadline to enroll in health insurance is approaching and students not covered on a health plan in 2015 are going to have a hefty fine on this year’s taxes. People not insured must enroll in a health insurance plan by Feb. 15 to be covered for 2015. After the deadline, there is not an […]
Students explore housing market
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Cadaver lab provides USD students with new experience
Anatomy 411 — human gross anatomy — has a clear set of rules for its students on the first day of class. Rule No. 1: students are required to make the first cut into the body placed in front of them. “It bothered me at first,” said junior Jen Allen, a medical biology and chemistry double […]
New SGA committee replaces failed diversity committee
The University of South Dakota Student Government Association has created an inclusive excellence subcommittee to replace a diversity subcommittee that previously failed after trying to become a full student organization. SGA passed a bill Feb. 3 to bring the committee back under the control of SGA. “What this would do would create the subcommittee which […]
Outdoor complex will lack restrooms and concessions in 2016
The University of South Dakota’s new outdoor track and soccer complex will have seating for 2,000 spectators, but spectators won’t have access to the usual concessions and restrooms when it opens. A preliminary estimate for a restroom and concessions building in the complex was $1 million. That cost forced project managers to remove the building plans for […]
STD rise plagues S.D., provides research opportunity at USD
The amount of sexually transmitted diseases has risen in South Dakota, but local professors and students are trying to get a better understanding of how these diseases work. The South Dakota Department of Health’s December 2014 Health and Disease Summary reported a 25 percent increase in chlamydia, a 41 percent increase in gonorrhea, a 7 percent […]
Facilities Management deals with leaky ceilings in dorms
A garbage bag, some duct tape and wires. That, along with buckets placed throughout North Complex, is the short-term plan to stop a leak outside of Mickelson Hall. Leaks in the roof have appeared throughout North Complex in the past month, and Associate Dean of Student Services John Howe said a much larger Roof Restoration Sunshine […]
VIDEO: DCI brings meth lab to USD
The Criminal Justice Club hosted the South Dakota Department of Criminal Investigation Feb. 4. The department brought a portable meth lab to the Muenster University Center.