Father and Daughter Complete MBA Program Together

Katelyn Conover and her father, Gerry Breen, graduated from the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program offered through the Beacom School of Business last August. Conover said going through this experience with her father was a memorable experience for both of them. “Getting my degree with my father was an awesome experience,” Conover said. “Not […]

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Two Major Bills Unanimously Voted on and Sent to Government Affairs

The student organization reports at SGA’s meeting consisted of USD Tiospaye, The Honors Association and TED X. These organizations spoke about some events they held last semester. They also mentioned some of the events they hope to hold during this year.   For the advisor report, Kim Grieves, the Dean of Students, talked about activities that are […]

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Bill to Restrict Medical Treatments for Transgender Adolescents Passes Committee

As the legislative session in Pierre heats up, a bill aimed at blocking minors from receiving certain medical and surgical procedures causes controversy. Rep. Bethany Soye introduced House Bill (HB) 1080, which would ban healthcare professionals from “attempting to alter the appearance of a minor’s sex… if that appearance or perception is inconsistent with the […]

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Bringing New Energy to Vermillion with The W

As the small town of Vermillion continues to grow, Hailie Warren, the creative director at USD, is adding her name to the list of business owners, alongside her husband, Dante, and her daughter, Winter. The W, a social house, stay and event venue is coming soon to Vermillion. This will be a place where guests […]

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Beta Band Performs on Biggest Stage Yet

What once began as a conversation during rush at Beta Theta Pi among fraternity brothers, has now landed six musicians on the biggest stage they’ve played yet. Multi-Level Modular Staging is the type of stage they will perform at. The Leila’s Rose band made up of Micah Hansen (drummer), Adam Kays (lead guitarist), Kadin Williams […]

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Marijuana Dispensary Opens Downtown

Dakota Herb is the first medical marijuana dispensary to open in downtown Vermillion. It opened early November of last year and is one of three dispensaries opened by Dakota Herb in South Dakota.   In 2020, South Dakota residents voted to approve Initiated Measure 26, thus legalizing medical marijuana. This allows South Dakota residents to buy […]

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USD Alumni to Open New Brewery

A new brewery, XIX Brewing Co., plans to open on Main Street this year using the current Fullerton Lumber Co. building. XIX Brewing was developed by USD Alumi Katey Ulrich and Ed Gerrish.  Ulrich met Gerrish through his wife, Leslie. Because of Gerrish’s experience with brewing beer, Ulrich decided to invite Gerrish to the project. […]

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Grocery Stores Soon to Have No Taxes

On Jan. 17, a bill to remove South Dakota’s statewide grocery tax was introduced by Gov. Kristi Noem, Sen. John Wiik and Rep. Mary Fitzgerald. Currently, South Dakota is one of seven states that imposes a statewide sales tax on food. The other states include Alabama, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma.   The language of […]

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Volleyball Wins First NCAA Tournament Set in Program History

In the Coyotes’ third straight NCAA Tournament appearance, they fell to No. 23 Houston in five sets. Houston won the first two sets 25-14 and 25-19. USD then went on to win sets three and four 25-18 and 25-23, respectively. In the fifth and final set, the Cougars won 15-11.  Set one saw a tightly […]

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