November 9, 2011
Jazz concert to feature Radiohead music
Associate professor of music and director of the University of South Dakota jazz ensembles Christopher Kocher decided to try something different for the jazz ensemble winter concert. The USD jazz ensemble will play “Everything in its Right Place,” originally performed by the band Radiohead, for its winter concert. The song has been arranged to be […]
Non-profit comes to university
According to the World Health Organization, 121 million people worldwide suffer from depression. A national non-profit organization, To Write Love on Her Arms, is seeking to educate University of South Dakota students about depression, self-injury and suicide during their presentation Wednesday, Nov. 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Aalfs Auditorium. Freshman Megan Valandra said […]
Controversial artwork featured in USD gallery
Alison Erazmus, director of University Art Galleries, said although displaying the art by Chicago-based painters Phyllis Bramson and Adam Scott might be offensive to some people, she wants to exhibit exemplary work. “I never know what will offend people,” Erazmus said. “I can either assume everything is going to offend someone and then be scared […]
Student directors debut
When he presents his one-act play this coming weekend, graduate student Jaehoon Kim will be presenting his work to an American audience for the first time. “I was a director in (South) Korea, but it’s my first time directing in the United States,” Kim said. Kim said he may have a different cultural background from […]
COLUMN: Is capital punishment the answer?
The subject of capital punishment has been brought back into current events in South Dakota. Ronald Johnson was killed during a failed prison escape on April 12, 2011. Johnson was a 23-year veteran of the South Dakota Department of Corrections and was assaulted by two inmates on his 63rd birthday. By no means did Johnson […]
COLUMN: USD website and technology pitiful
There are few things more infuriating to me than when technology fails to do as it is supposed to do. At the University of South Dakota, this is the norm, not the exception. The most recent technology frustration I encountered was with the online program evaluation on WebAdvisor. This is the only tool the university […]
GUEST SUBMISSION: Student input wanted at SGA
The Student Government Association will be considering a Smoking Ban Resolution at its Tuesday, Nov. 15 meeting. The Smoking Ban Resolution calls for a campus-wide smoking ban. If passed, the resolution would recommend a change to the current policy, which prohibits smoking within 25 feet of any building entryway. Dr. Van Peursem of the math […]
EDITORIAL: Inevitable snow dictates parking and driving
It’s the time of year when snow can fall suddenly and in large amounts. There have already been a couple false alarms. Every winter, Vermillion institutes an unusual parking policy for many of the streets south of the university. The policy alternates which side of the street can be used for parking based on even […]
THE RANT: 11/09/11
Dear fellow parking violators at the University of South Dakota, After complaining about the poor or unfair parking of individuals around me, I went ahead — with brash hypocrisy — and decided to park in the lot west of the Muenster University Center. This would’ve been fine if I had used a meter, but I […]
In the Know & In the Dark 11/9/11
IN THE KNOW: President Abbott, SGA President Michels and the Coyote Statue Committee finally picked the winner of the Coyote Statue competition. IN THE KNOW: Val Hoeppner from the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute teaching a great class on mobile journalism to a select group of students. The students developed a lot of new skills, and […]