Opinion
Becoming bilingual is crucial for USD students, Americans
In a world that’s becoming more connected every day, it’s now more beneficial to learn another language —even in the English-heavy country of the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a record-breaking one in five Americans speak another language other than English in their household. This percentage is only expected to go up […]
Editorial: DAPL raises questions beyond the pipeline
As American college students, we aren’t known for sitting idly in the face of injustice. The Dakota Access Pipeline is no exception. Across the nation, people are rallying alongside the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota to stop production plans for the pipeline. Even after the Obama administration halted the pipeline, the risk still […]
Letter to the editor: Honors Program curriculum serves all students
Dear Editor, I am responding to the Aug. 30 opinion piece addressing the Honors Program curriculum. The Honors Program serves students of all majors and our courses are explicitly designed to be interdisciplinary in nature, allowing students to share their perspectives with one another. As a result, according to an exit survey of a 2016 […]
Virtual reality may be next art form
For anyone who has never gotten the chance to experience virtual reality, it’s almost beyond description. I, of course, can try to tell you what it feels like, but by nature it’s something that needs to be used first-hand for the full effect. With high-end options, it’s like jacking into the Matrix. It’s the logical […]
Political party and personal ideology: There’s a difference
In a letter to a future Continental Congress colleague, John Adams wrote, “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest […]
Suicide prevention starts with mental health education
On a crisp September morning, many people took the streets in the name of suicide prevention for Nikki’s 5K Run and Walk. While this month marks a time of awareness, it brings light to a very dark issue. We’ve all been touched by suicide somehow. Especially in the college transition, unfamiliar environments and situations can lend […]
Family planning services promote healthy choices
As that one song goes, “Let’s talk about sex, baby.” Let’s talk about responsibility. Now that Vermillion is no longer home to a local Family Planning Clinic, access to free condoms has become non-existent and STD testing has become limited. What seems like just another business responding to struggling times, the clinic’s role in a college […]
Food insecurity: A growing issue on college campuses
It’s no secret that the poor college student stereotype is often accurate. Living within, at times, extreme financial means is often seen as an opportunity to build character. Many joke about this typical dorm lifestyle, but the reality is much less comical. Research shows that more than one quarter of college students find themselves skipping […]
Attribution bias creates political stagnation
With partisan divisiveness intensifying with each passing election cycle in America, stagnation becomes a more acceptable, even inevitable reality, both with regard to specific issues and general societal advancement. As American college students preparing to enter the work force with more technological tools and resources at our disposal than any other group of individuals in the […]
Sexual Assault: You don’t need to fear me, but you probably should
Anyone who has ever met me for more than five minutes knows I pose the same threat as a soggy teddy bear; however, that isn’t how I look. Standing at six-foot-five and built like a bear, I can easily appear as a threat, and I’ve been noticing an effect around USD. Whenever women notice me […]