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Coyotes fall to SDSU
The Coyotes (19-5, 8-3 Summit) traveled to Brookings on Saturday to take on rival South Dakota State (18-5, 9-2 Summit) inside Frost Arena. After falling behind early, the Coyotes seemed unable to mount any sort of comeback throughout the rest of the game as the final score came to 70-58. The Jackrabbits defense held strong […]
Travel and immigration ban forum answers questions, concerns
The Center for Diversity and Community hosted a campus forum on President Trump’s latest executive order concerning immigration and a travel ban from several Middle Eastern countries on Thursday night. Seating was full in the MUC pit lounge, where about 150 students, faculty and community members came to have their questions answered. Lamont Sellers, associate vice president […]
Fewer USD law students are passing the bar exam
Only three weeks into spring semester, USD School of Law students are preparing for the bar exam. The law school has seen a relatively low passage rate of the bar exam passage in recent years. Historically, passage rates for the bar, the test lawyers are required to pass to practice law, have been as high […]
UPD sergeant committed to USD, safety
The university police department is committed to student safety, a priority that’s evident in the work of Sergeant Andrew Paulsen. Paulsen has been monitoring USD’s halls, hazards and homecoming festivities for more than 10 years. He started as a student worker in 2003. He became a security officer in 2004, was hired as a full-time police […]
Coyotes edge past Denver in a thriller
The USD Coyotes (15-9, 6-3 Summit) took on the Denver Pioneers (13-9, 5-4 Summit) in Vermillion on Saturday as sophomore forward Tyler Flack made his return from a leg injury that held him out for seven games. Unlike previous games, the Coyotes were fluent with their offensive play early in the game, with Flack leading […]
USD students drawn to Washington by Women’s March, inauguration
Thousands of people descended on Washington, D.C. last week to see Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony, the celebratory parade and to participate in marches and demonstrations over the weekend. Among the thousands gathered was a handful of USD students, some there to celebrate the incoming president, others to demonstrate. Jordan Hanson, a junior political science major, didn’t make […]
Arens sisters ‘grateful’ to be playing together at USD
Coming off of an 87-59 win against Fort Wayne last week the USD women’s basketball team will be looking to score big this week against North Dakota State, a team the Coyotes lost 73-83 to earlier this month. Hoping to help put a W in the column for the Coyotes will be Allison Arens, a […]
Downtown Vermillion sees more than 500 for women’s march
Hundreds of Vermillion residents, community members and USD students participated in a march down Main Street Saturday afternoon. This march, like more than 600 of its kind around the world, came about as a reaction to the inauguration of Donald Trump. Vermillion march organizer Caitlin Collier said she was particularly distressed with the news of Trump’s […]
T-Pain to play DakotaDome Feb. 11
USD’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) announced at halftime of the Wednesday night men’s basketball game its decision for the 2017 spring concert – rapper T-Pain will perform at the DakotaDome Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m. T-Pain received the most student votes of any of the choices for the spring CAB concert. […]
Firefighters respond to fraternity house fire
A fire at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house Monday evening was caused by hot materials unknowingly being dumped into a bathroom trash can on the second floor of the house, according to an investigation by the Vermillion Fire Department. Firefighters and other emergency personnel responded to the fraternity house located at 429 North Plum […]