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Wellness Center usage jumps as new year begins
University of South Dakota students are wasting no time in pursuing fitness resolutions for the new year. According to data collected by the USD Wellness Center, 6,385 people used the facility the first four days of the semester from Jan. 12 to Jan. 15. Steve Mayer, the director of the Wellness Center, said the first six […]
Students, faculty respond to Charlie Hebdo tragedy
Earlier this month, a wave of violent attacks in the heart of France shocked the world — and the aftermath is being felt by students and faculty as far away as the University of South Dakota. On Jan. 7, two gunmen broke into the headquarters of the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris and attacked members of […]
USD couple takes leap of faith with engagement
Junior Erika Arpan and senior Tyler Tordsen are seated at a kitchen table in Kappa Alpha Theta, Arpan’s sorority house, smiling and laughing together as they reminisce on their first date back in August 2012. Arpan met Tordsen in Rapid City while attending a Crazy Horse Institute summer program, and upon resuming school at the University of […]
Students connect with community through volunteering
As students gear up for the final stretch of finishing projects, papers and finals, some are also working to get volunteer hours in before the fall semester comes to a close. With the community in mind, Kappa Alpha Theta members have been volunteering throughout the semester. Serving as the event coordinator for Kappa Alpha Theta, junior Arianne Wunder […]
Vermillion man carries on tradition of family Christmas tree business
To students, Mitchel Morse is the man who unlocks the Muenster University Center every day in the early hours of the morning, the man who arranges and aligns furniture to accommodate campus speakers and events and the man who ensures the MUC is neat and tidy. But to the community of Vermillion, Morse is known […]
Students practice different customs over break
With a week until the semester ends and winter break officially begins, many University of South Dakota students will celebrate some form of winter holiday throughout the next month or so. USD students may be aware of Christmas, with 78.4 percent of the United States’ population recognizing the holiday, according to Pew Research. But other religions also celebrate […]
The Abbotts get festive for the holidays
Happy as two dogs can be, Oscar and McGovern — the pets of University of South Dakota President James Abbott and First Lady Colette Abbott — trot through the dining room of their home on Main Street, navigating around the numerous red boxes filled with Christmas decorations that will soon be set around the house. The Abbotts […]
End-of-semester art show celebrates research, creativity
The end of the semester is a busy time for students across campus. It means final exams, completing research papers, finishing projects, and for graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts students, a celebration of years of research with a show of their artwork in the John A. Day Gallery. Each semester, the Univeristy Art Galleries (UAG) brings in […]
Movies create sense of holiday spirit
During all the stress caused by finals week, one of my favorite things to do is watch Christmas movies, because it gets me excited for my favorite holiday of the year and distracts me from the worry. There are many great Christmas movies out there, and a variety of channels have movie marathons such as ABC Family’s 25 Days […]
Despite “rivalry,” college romances blossom
University of South Dakota junior Brian Juran and South Dakota State University sophomore Shannon Duxbury have dealt with the USD-SDSU rivalry much more than most college students. Juran, a kinesiology major from Burke, S.D., and Duxbury, who is from Wessington, S.D., have been dating for a little more than four months. Their relationship started out in a […]