State/Local
DeWald: City ‘eerie’ after attack
Matt DeWald stared out the window of his eighth floor hotel room and watched as plumes of smoke billowed over Boston April 15. “I saw thousands of people walking away from the bombing while ambulances and emergency personnel were the only ones moving toward the site,” he said. “People were crying, sitting on curbs, hugging […]
BOR adds five days to 2013 term
The 2013-14 academic calendar has undergone some changes from years past. Approved by the South Dakota Board of Regents in March 2012, the 2013-14 academic calendar will feature an amended finals week schedule, and will push the fall semester to 76 days. The 2012 fall semester totaled just 74 days. In total, the 2013-14 academic […]
Meet Marty Jackley
Rob Nielsen: What was your experience like at USD School of Law? Marty Jackley: It was a unique and difficult time. Law school isn’t something that’s easy, but having come from engineering school, I think I was well-prepared for it, but I certainly met life-long friends and life-long colleagues and it was a very positive […]
Vermillion tears down trees citywide
Over this past winter season, the city of Vermillion Streets Department has been marking and cutting down trees that have been deemed too close to city streets. Pete Jahn, Superintendent of the Vermillion Street Department, said the winter season works best with cutting down trees near city streets. “During the cold winter season, the trees’ […]
Vermillion opts for texting ban
The city of Vermillion will implement a citywide ban on texting while driving May 2. Members of the Vermillion City Council unanimously passed city ordinance 1297, effectively outlawing the act of texting while driving, during the Vermillion City Council meeting April 1. City council member Steve Ward said after the South Dakota legislature failed to […]
Regents announce increase of tuition, fees
The South Dakota Board of Regents voted to increase South Dakota public universities’ tuition and fees by 4.4 percent. The vote happened during a BOR meeting April 4 in Aberdeen, S.D. Regents voted 6-3 to approve the tuition hike, which will go into effect this summer. BOR system’s Vice President of Finance and Administration Monte […]
Raise in GAF fees await Board of Regents’ approval
The South Dakota Board of Regents will vote on the approval of an increase in student fees at the University of South Dakota for the 2013-14 school year, according to Jessica Priester, director of Budget and Finance at USD. The need to increase student fees is because of an expected 15 percent hike in student […]
Johnson will not seek re-election
South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson announced Tuesday he would not seek re-election in 2014 saying, “it’s time to say goodbye.” After serving more than three decades in the political arena, Johnson addressed a standing-room-only crowd at the Al Neuharth Media Center to formally announce his plans to retire when his current term expires in two […]
Meet Zack Wahls
Emily Niebrugge: What was the hardest part about growing up with two moms? Zach Wahls: Part of the challenge was growing up in the early ’90s. There just weren’t a lot of kids who had openly gay parents. There were plenty of kids who had gay parents, but their parents weren’t out. That was the […]