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USD bands end 2011-2012 with extravaganza
Serving as culmination of a semester’s work, the University of South Dakota’s concert and symphonic bands will take the stage Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Knutson Theatre to perform their last concert of the school year — the USD Band Extravaganza. Junior Emily Mason, a music education major, said the USD Band Extravaganza will provide […]
Undergraduate students’ work featured in ‘Micawber Medley’
Four years of learning and a one semester of hard work is being put on display at the John A. Day art gallery for graduating art majors. Undergraduate art students are putting their thesis artwork out for the public to view. Alison Erazmus, director of the university art galleries, said this is the fourth thesis […]
Three USD choirs collaborate for final concert of the year
Three musical groups at the University of South Dakota will wrap up the spring semester with a final concert Saturday, April 21 at 3 p.m. in Aalfs Auditorium in Slagle Hall. The concert will feature the Men’s and Women’s Choir, the Concert Choir as well as the Vocal Jazz Group. David Holdhusen, director of choral […]
Students to play in concert with Kansas
The University of South Dakota’s symphony orchestra gets the opportunity of a lifetime. Friday, April 20, the band Kansas will perform at USD on their Collegiate Symphony Tour with the USD Symphony. The Collegiate Symphony Tour began in 2010 when Kansas celebrated the 35th anniversary of their band. Guitarist Rich Williams said the band has […]
Demon barber comes to USD
Ask a student on campus to say the first thing that comes to mind when you say “Sweeney Todd” and they might say “Johnny Depp,” in reference to the 2007 movie directed by Tim Burton, but they’re missing the history surrounding the “Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” “We’ve done quite a bit of research,” said […]
English department to host free poetry reading
Teacher and poet Zachary Schomburg will be spending his birthday on the University of South Dakota campus hosting a poetry reading. The USD English department will present its Visiting Writer Series April 5 in the National Music Museum from 4 to 5 p.m. Heather Christle and Schomburg will read their poetry for the free event. […]
Students address social awareness on campus
With more than hundreds of social issues plaguing the world each day, students have found organizations on campus to support the causes they care about. The University of South Dakota offers a wide variety of organizations for students to become apart of and have the opportunity give back in any way they can. Sophomore Dennis […]
Members of African Student Association react to Kony 2012 campaign
“It was August 13th around 10 p.m. when we were attacked and more than a hundred people, almost 200 hundred people, were killed in just three hours. I survived with my family, but my sister was shot and more than 20 family members were killed and friends also.” This is how sophomore Jeanne Namugisha, an […]
Susan G. Komen moves to Sioux Falls
Breast cancer awareness hit home with Colette Abbott, wife of University of South Dakota President James Abbott. Approached by a close friend who suffered from breast cancer, whose daughter also had breast cancer and whose mother had died from the disease, Abbott founded the first South Dakota Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure held […]
Sharing his talents
When Saturnino John came to the United States as a refugee in 1994 from the Republic of South Sudan, he always knew he would one day go back. “Ever since I came to this country, I wanted to achieve that particular goal,” John said. “I wanted to go back, educate people with what I know.” […]