Opinion
Railroad Tracks
Once America’s main form of transportation, railroads connected the East to the West. The rail road seen above was built in Vermillion in 1872 by the Dakotan Southern Railroad Company and is still active today.
Social media minor addition coming in fall 2014
“If you build it, they will come” may have worked for Kevin Costner with his corn patch-turned-baseball diamond, but this strategy will not cut it for businesses to reach out to customers on social media. To combat poor social media strategy, a new social media marketing minor will be offered starting in fall 2014 through […]
HEAD TO HEAD: Students discuss the reasons why chivalry is dead in relationships (Katie McGuire)
Equality vs. chivalry Back in the old days, men would court women by asking them on a date, take them to dinner and get them home at a respectable time to please the parents. While times have definitely changed, I think this concept should still be practiced today for the same reasons it was then, […]
HEAD TO HEAD: Students discuss the reasons why chivalry is dead in relationships (Chris Moser)
Blame the technology Chivalry is dead. Women killed it. Just kidding. Technology killed it. We have become a society built on social networking. We are living our lives on the Internet. For the other side of this head to head, click here. According to debate.org a recent poll showed that 83 percent of people agree that […]
First-years adjust to the closing of the Commons
The new centerpiece of the University of South Dakota, the expanded Muenster University Center has left students’ mouths drooling through the first few weeks of the 2014 spring semester, and it’s not just the well-crafted burritos of Qdoba or the bomb chicken of Chick-fil-A. It’s also the numerous televisions along the walls, the views through […]
EDITORIAL: From redesigns to revolutions, The Volante renovates print and online editions
Since 1887, The Volante newsroom has made its main goal to inform and educate the campus of the University of South Dakota, a duty that has defined everything we have done for over 126 years. While our duty has remained the same, the methods and means by which we provide information to the masses has […]
First-year encourages USD weekend travelers to stay on campus
College is supposed to be the best time of your life. So far, I have enjoyed it. I have met great friends, gotten a job and became very involved in activities. The weekends, however, are not always as fun. Many of my friends—like many of the students here—are from South Dakota. They tend to go […]