2012
PREVIEW: USD students affected by Kony 2012
Amidst the hype of the Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign, members of the University of South Dakota’s African Student Association — mainly consisting of African refugees — find themselves full of unanswered questions. Questions like: Why Uganda? Why not my country or Africa as a whole? But mostly — after 26 years — why now? […]
Coyote seniors work out for NFL scouts
The 2012 NFL Draft is just weeks away, and six University of South Dakota senior football players got their chance to boost their stock and impress the scouts as USD hosted an NFL Scout Pro Day inside the DakotaDome on Thursday afternoon. Seniors Jeremy Blount, Tom Compton, Dante Warren, Marquis Butler, R.J. Polley and Dion […]
USD golf team looks to keep building
While the weather has been friendly for the University of South Dakota men’s golf team, the competition has not been. Coming off only their second tournament of the spring season the golf team took home 16 place in the South Dakota State University Jackrabbit Invitational on March 13 in Primm, Nev. On March 26 the […]
Q&A: Turner wouldn’t mind an elephant mascot
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. Lucas Turner is senior men’s golfer out of Bowdle, S.D. Turner recently placed 37th at the Jackrabbit Invitational in Primm, Nev. with a score of 224. Austin Ashlock: Do you […]
Coyotes fall in WNIT
Inside the University of South Dakota men’s track locker room doubled as a conference room, USD seniors Annie Roche and Amber Hegge sat in front of the media Monday night wearing an the unmistakable mask of disappointment. “It has been a great season, a lot of fun, but just not very much fun right now,” […]
Coach Glenn ready for practice
The University of South Dakota football team has a new face. That new face is Head Coach Joe Glenn, hired last November to replace Ed Meierkort. Glenn comes with a USD background, as he is a 1971 graduate. Glenn played on the football team as a quarterback and wide receiver and was a captain during […]
COLUMN: Breaking up is hard to do
Throughout my misadventures in love I have been given a lot of very strange advice. One of the strangest was to stay friends with my exes after getting dumped because that is the only way to maturely handle the situation. Though I realize that there are some people who can do such a thing, this […]
Movie premieres Friday
Think “Harry Potter.” Or “Twilight.” But instead of wizards, witches and vampires, think impoverished families fighting to survive. Instead of current times, think future. While you’re at it, think “1984.” The Hunger Games, the first in a three-book series by Suzanne Collins, is set to hit theaters Friday and has some University of South Dakota […]
USD students to be featured at the National Music Museum
A new performance will be shown at the National Music Museum this week featuring University of South Dakota students. A first-time performance will showcase three different students’ talents: Wyatt Smith, Abigail Sandberg and Jina Kim. Smith, a junior at USD, will be playing two movements from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Sonata.” Kim and Sandberg will be […]
Jansen performs trombone recital
Senior Molly Jansen has been playing trombone for 12 years. On March 13 Jansen gave her first recital to showcase her work. Jansen said she practiced for the recital since the beginning of last semester. “My piano player and I got together about a month ago and I practiced every day for about two hours,” […]