Opinion
Cherry Street crosswalk causes conflict
As I walk to or from class, most days I use the crosswalk near North Complex. Nearly every time I approach, I see a group of students standing at the edge of the sidewalk gazing down Cherry Street waiting for a quick gap in traffic to dart across, rather than use the crosswalk light. Often […]
E-Cigarettes become popular due to campus smoking ban
Since being introduced to the U.S. market in 2007, the electronic cigarette industry has become one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S. According to “E-cigarette sales are smoking hot, set to hit $1.7 billion” a CNBC article published in August 2013, electronic cigarette sales had already reached over $1 billion. They have also […]
Christie scandal sets poor example
The scandal involving Chris Christie continues to deepen, and the news becomes bleaker with each passing day. The quicksand of new information has been pulling the New Jersey governor down for months, and it appears as if his chances of climbing out have finally been dashed. Only the most naive would believe that Christie had […]
COLUMN: University fails to make recycling convenient on campus
By: Hannah Nagy The University of South Dakota does many things right, but one thing it fails to provide is convenient recycling. The most opportune place for students to recycle appears to be the Muenster University Center and the library. The dorms and academic buildings have limited options, and Coyote Village and McFadden present almost none. […]
Consumer brands create loyalty
Humanity is a strange species. While other species seem to live by a pure instinct to survive and breed, mankind has, instead, moved past that. Instead, we spend our time searching for some sort of meaning in a seemingly meaningless universe. Of course, this is a difficult task, and most people seem happy to outsource […]
EDITORIAL: The value of independence, Freedom Forum prevents prior review
Think twice before reading this newspaper. Because, the content inside its pages and the paper it’s printed on would not be possible without the Freedom Forum and what it stands for. While the University of South Dakota holds a long list of notable and prestigious academic programs, the idea that it is able to house […]
COLUMN: University involvement in mental assistance essential to students
As police officers used pepper spray and a taser to get the razor blade from her hand, Sasha Menu Courey yelled, “The system failed me! The system failed me!” At this point in ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” investigation, I couldn’t hold back the tears. This University of Missouri swimmer was so talented, so intelligent and […]
Student encourages freedom of speech online
It is now the spring semester of my junior year and, like many other students, this means one thing: time to start looking for internships. In any year, the job search is a soul-deadening process, but this is 2014. The job market is now an even more desperate realm in which a potential candidate must […]
Private prisons: Exchanging humanity for profit
The United States of America tends to pride itself on its privatization of businesses, claiming that the free markets will incentivize healthy competition and create an economic environment in which corporations strive to outdo one another. This struggle for superiority would, in turn, create better service and increase the quality of their products or commodities. […]
South Dakota has the ‘it factor’ in government
Although I grew up in the state capital, the South Dakota Legislative session really didn’t mean a whole lot to me. I certainly wasn’t concerned with gay rights laws, South Dakota’s fiscal state, or affairs of legislators. The two months of session in Pierre really meant two things to me: getting closer to spring and […]