September 26, 2012
QUICK HITS: September 26
SISSONVILLE, W.V. (AP) — Sissonville High School has stopped offering a prayer before football games after a national organization told school officials the practice is unconstitutional. Many students and parents don’t agree with the decision. Principal Ron Reedy said about half of the school’s 650 students wore purple on Friday to show their support for the […]
Death swings more than just golf clubs
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. First-year Miles Death is a member of USD men’s golf team from Plymouth, Minn. Death helped the USD men’s team to a third place finish at last week’s Erv Kaiser […]
COLUMN: The sad state of the Big Ten
When the Big Ten accepted Nebraska as a member of the conference in 2010, college football analysts, experts and fans around the country praised the conference for its decision. At the time, the Big Ten held a bowl record of 28-41 since 2000 and went just 6-11 in BCS bowl games. Furthermore, Michigan and Ohio […]
Cross country teams gear up for Roy Griak
For the first time in school history, the Coyotes women’s cross country team is ranked No. 15 in the Midwest Region Poll. At the Woody Greeno Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., the Coyotes finished second, spurring the jolt into the polls. The men’s team has also had its fair share of success this semester, winning the […]
USD gains more than just cash at Northwestern
It is fitting that the University of South Dakota football team’s last non-conference game was against Big Ten opponent Northwestern. In fact, I would go as far to say it was beneficial. Being one of the highest caliber foes the Coyotes would face all season, a chance for victory was seemingly slim. However, there were […]
USD women’s soccer enters conference play
Redemption is surely on the minds of members of the University of South Dakota women’s soccer team. Five days after the University of South Dakota women’s soccer team suffered their worse defeat of the season, a 7-0 loss to Iowa State, the Coyotes (1-7-2) will walk onto the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis on […]
Welcome to the Missouri Valley
The University of South Dakota Coyotes are about to enter the meatiest part of their season as they open up conference play in year one in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Coyotes will host Illinois State Sept. 29, and senior running back Marcus Sims says the team is definitely prepared. “Everyone is ready to get […]
‘Last Friday Night’
Underage referrals and citations for consumption of alcohol have tripled this year at the University of South Dakota compared to 2011, police officials said. According to the University Police Department, as of Sept. 24, 49 arrests and 48 referrals dealing with underage drinking have been documented since Jan. 1, 2012. UPD Lt. Dallas Schnack said that […]
MUC in peril as lawsuit looms over USD
The planned expansion of the University of South Dakota’s Muenster University Center could be derailed by a lawsuit filed last week against the university’s hired architect. Charles Rose Architects of Somerville, Mass., who originally designed the MUC, filed a lawsuit against RSArchitects, a company based in Sioux Falls, S.D., that created the designs for the […]
Smoking ban a go
Beginning January 2013, the University of South Dakota campus will officially be smoke-free. SGA President Alissa VanMeeteren and Vice President DJ Smith met with the executive committee Monday to discuss the smoking ban and the next step. VanMeeteren said she and Smith gave the committee both the smoking ban resolution that had been passed last […]