April 2011
Captains motivate team
As a new season starts, a change of leadership for the University of South Dakota club baseball team also begins. The Coyotes baseball team is having a successful start to their season — going 12-3 in the first 15 games has brought along a new ideal of a solid pitching staff. In large part, the […]
Tennis team struggling to compete with two cancellations
After having matches cancelled two weekends in a row, the University of South Dakota women’s tennis team will wrap up its regular season play April 16 in Green Bay, Wis., with matches against University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Chicago State University. The team was originally scheduled to play April 2 against University of North Dakota […]
Spring season prepares football team for fall schedule
The spring football season has arrived at the University of South Dakota. It’s a busy time for the USD Coyotes, who had a 4-7 season in 2010. Although the fall season is a few months away, the team is already preparing so that they can improve their record. For senior running back Chris Ganious, this […]
Coyotes earn 10th place at national event
In their first year at the Division I level, the University of South Dakota U. Dance team placed 10 out of 12 teams on April 7 at the National Cheerleaders Association/National Dance Alliance Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships in Daytona Beach, Fla. Towson University eventually went on to win the Division I championship, beating Utah […]
Track teams competing abroad
With six different meets occurring simultaneously, the University of South Dakota’s track and field teams will be busy starting Wednesday and continuing through Saturday. The Coyotes will compete at five meets in California and one in Sioux City. Men’s Senior Tane Owens, a pole vaulter, will attend the Mt. SAC Relays and the Long Beach […]
COLUMN: Baseball far from dying
Baseball is dying in America – a sentiment heard far too often of late. Why is it heard too often? Because it’s not true. Many argue, including Volante columnist Rob Nielsen, that Major League Baseball is a shell of what it once was. Nielsen, like many others, claim the 1994 strike put a bad taste […]
REVIEW: Toddla T’s ‘Skanky Skanky’ album has an island party vibe
Last week when I turned on Sheffield, United Kingdom native’s Toddla T’s album “Skanky Skanky,” I was not expecting to have my definition of “party music” be changed. Mashing styles of all types from dance hall, reggae, drum and bass, pop, grime and techno, Toddla T’s 2009 release “Skanky Skanky” is one of the most […]
How many steps do you take?
Students with a busy schedule, especially around finals time, might be cutting exercise out of their daily routine. But just because you’re not heading to the Wellness Center every day doesn’t mean you’re not living an active lifestyle. It’s easy to fit an active lifestyle into regular student routine by simply choosing to walk more […]
Study foreign fashion before traveling abroad
Like many of my fellow University of South Dakota students, I am preparing to travel to Dallas Tx this summer to study. Anyone else who is doing this is aware of the stress that comes along with making all the necessary arrangements can cause. Figuring out travel costs, compiling the necessary legal documents and trip […]
COLUMN: Be smart when battling the undead hoard
In order to prepare for this weekend’s zombie apocalypse, better known as the Humans vs. Zombies tag game starting Saturday at 10 a.m., The Volante, after scouring the many texts and films dedicated to the zombie menace, has prepared a list of do’s and don’ts in order to survive a zombie invasion because we all […]