January 24, 2012
Q&A: Boss-Wachal fan of Daffy Duck
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week The Volante sports staff will interview a member of the USD athletic community and ask them off-the-wall questions. Enjoy the hilarity. Senior Jodie Boss-Wachal is a center for the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team out of Columbus, Neb. Dec. 10, Wachal set the USD women’s career blocked-shots record when […]
Coyote swimming finishing up season
After getting swept by rival South Dakota State over the weekend, the University of South Dakota swimming and diving team must bounce back to take on the University of North Dakota this Saturday, then prepare for Summit League Conference Championships in two weeks. Senior swimmer Lizz Hoffman said both the men’s and women’s squads have […]
Printed tickets sold for rivalry game
Students planning to swipe their student Coyote card to attend the University of South Dakota basketball games against South Dakota State University should think again. USD athletic administration has chosen to stray away from the use of Coyote cards as a ticket into the men’s basketball game against SDSU on Feb. 9. Instead, students must […]
Coyotes looking for three in a row
The USD women’s basketball team will look to make it three consecutive victories when the make the trip west to Cedar Valley, Utah to go head-to-head with Southern Utah University Jan. 28. Senior forward Amber Hegge will lead the 12-6 Coyotes onto the court Saturday, just four days after being named the Summit League Player […]
USD looks for ‘consistency’
Consistency. This seems to be the point of emphasis for the University of South Dakota’s men’s basketball program as the continue to battle through their Summit League conference schedule. On Jan. 26, the Coyotes will travel to Tulsa, Okla. in a tough matchup to take on the top team in the Summit, the Oral Roberts […]
COLUMN: Resolutions take shape
At the beginning of the semester, a friend and I decided to start exercising in the mornings at the Wellness Center as a way to start being more intentional about our health and well-being. To be honest I don’t know what I was thinking. While I do enjoy mornings, I don’t enjoy forcing myself, or […]
Wyoming artist symbolizes restlessness
While professional artist Ricki Klages lived in Italy, she created many symbolic paintings of the landscape. Those works are now on display in the John A. Day Gallery in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts Building on the University of South Dakota campus. The exhibit will be open until Feb. 15. An artist […]
Artwork inspires composers
Newly-composed pieces of music, accompanied by the paintings that inspired them, will be played at the John A. Day Art Gallery on Jan. 27 at 5 p.m. Alison Erazmus, Director of the University Art Galleries, will be hosting painter Ricki Klages in honor of a composing contest which challenged musicians to view her paintings for […]
Autoharp master invited to play at National Music Museum
The National Music Museum is continuing their Brown Bag Lunch program with a free concert Jan. 27, featuring autonomous autoharpist Bryan Bowers. Bowers is an autoharp master as well as a singer and songwriter. An autoharp is a chorded zither with buttons that when depressed damp all strings except those to be sounded. The undamped […]
Vermillion area showcased in photographs
Associate art professor, John Banasiak, enjoys exploring older photography processes. “They seem to offer some new directions to potentially experiment with further investigation,” Banasiak said. “Sometimes people tend to forget about the older processes and don’t really explore it or review it to see how it might apply to contemporary times and issues.” When Banasiak […]