Opinion

For the past decade, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have been at the top of their game. The question of who has had the better career reentered my mind Oct. 8 as I watched Manning throw for his 500th career touchdown pass in his career and later as Brady became the sixth Quarterback in NFL history to […]

USD Confessions is a popular Facebook page where students can post anonymous confessions essentially about anything. I’ve never posted anything on there, but sometimes it’s simply fun to see what other people have to say. On Oct. 7, I saw one post that basically recalled the anonymous poster’s trip to Walmart and how they had […]

The Jacksonville, Fla., case of Michael Dunn has returned a guilty verdict for first-degree murder. Dunn was charged with murder after shooting into an SUV filled with teenage boys at a gas station after a verbal altercation over the loudness of the boys’ music. Despite Dunn claiming he only fired into the car out of […]

Sometimes you find a good workout routine, and sometimes a workout finds you. Other times, you find yourself standing in the middle of a creek in the Black Hills of South Dakota, wondering where it all went wrong. Last weekend I tagged along on a traditional college road trip with the noble ambition of getting […]

Dakota Days at USD is about celebrating school spirit, unity and community. Events related to D-Days are a time for all of us to come together as Coyotes.    As the USD community celebrates and participates in Dakota Days, the President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness would like to remind everyone about Inclusive Excellence — the […]

In case you’ve missed it, this week marks the 100th Dakota Days homecoming week at the University of South Dakota. Countless organizations will be holding events this week to promote Coyote spirit all around campus, and I encourage you to attend as many events as possible.  As a freshman, I didn’t have a clue about what […]

My Fellow Yotes, This year marks a milestone full of fun-filled events, memories and monumental achievements. First off, the State of South Dakota is celebrating 125 years of statehood. Secondly, the University of South Dakota Foundation will kick off the largest fundraising effort in state history with Onward: The Campaign for South Dakota this Friday. […]

For the 100th Dakota Days, school spirit is more alive than ever. Throughout The Volante, we have highlighted a few activities students and anyone partaking in the week should take advantage of, and some we should not. More than anything, our homecoming is about having fun and coming together one week out of the entire […]

This week I can report my first major step toward fitness — I’ve incorporated exercise into my procrastination regimen. In my defense, it didn’t start that way. Hours before my blog deadline, I realized I’d been too worried about reading and papers to even pretend I’d done any significant physical activity. Since I already exhausted […]