Overheard

overheard Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.   “Hold on, I lost my wallet…Nevermind, it’s right where I left it.” — Al Neuharth Media Center “I can play the chorus to ‘My Heart Will Go On’, and that’s it.” “If that doesn’t get […]

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Editorial: Policy limits athletics

A legislative practice by the Appropriations Committee in the South Dakota Legislature typically denies athletic coaching salary contracts that are extended to more than a year, limiting the guaranteed tenure of coaches to one academic year. This is detrimental to the University of South Dakota on two levels. First, it creates an overwhelmingly high-pressured environment […]

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Statistics show sharing of electronic devices leads to spreading of illnesses

Salmonella, rhinovirus, the common cold, the flu, and staph bacteria. Hypochondriacs consider yourself warned.  Campus computers are some of the least physically maintained resources on all of the University of South Dakota’s  campus. A majority of faculty and staff use one of the computers at least once throughout the day. However, privately owned computers aren’t […]

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