March 2013
COLUMN: Offseason activity provides buzz for 2013 MLB season
April is almost here, yet the cold and windy South Dakota weather won’t go away. What does that mean? Baseball is back! Spring training has been underway for all 30 Major League Baseball teams for about a month, as we keep getting closer to opening night March 31. Spring training is a good way for […]
Men’s golf to build off 9th place
After a ninth place finish in Louisiana, the University of South Dakota men’s golf team will travel to Illinois for a tournament at Summit League foe Western Illinois. The team is improving, having moved up three positions from their previous tournament. Head coach Nick Hovden said a majority of the improvement came from a great […]
Women host WBI semis
After dispatching Lamar in the second round of the Women’s Basketball Invitational March 24, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team will return home to the DakotaDome to host a WBI semifinals match against McNeese State (20-14, 11-7 in Southland) at 7 p.m. March 28. Junior forward Polly Harrington put up 15 points and […]
COLUMN: USD in dire need of baseball
While the weather hasn’t necessarily indicated so, spring is upon us in Vermillion. I’ve always seen March Madness as a bridge that fills the gap between the winter sports and spring sports. After the tournament ends, the weather grows warmer, people begin to venture outside and start their summer tan by tossing a flying disc […]
Former USD guard Nate Tibbetts follows coaching route
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part one of our two-part series. Next week, we will cover a player’s perspective on the road to the NBA, with former Coyote shooting guard and 2012 USD graduate Charlie Westbrook. Former USD basketball player Nate Tibbetts found a way to make it to Cleveland, Ohio. Still, he managed to make […]
OVERHEARD
Overheard Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers. “Spring is now my least favorite season. It’s more snowy than winter.” — Al Neuharth Media Center “SDSU lost to USD this year. They’re not beating Michigan.” — Pine Street “This trash […]
IN THE KNOW & IN THE DARK
IN THE KNOW: South Dakota State failed to win a NCAA tournament game for the second time in as many years. Maybe, just maybe, USD will win a NCAA tournament game before the Jackrabbits. IN THE DARK: It’s basically April, and spring is here, yet snow continues to fall. March has really been just […]
COLUMN: Government disappoints by cutting soldier tuition
Bravery, honor, loyalty and service; these are all qualities any member of the United States Army possesses. They stand up and fight for the everyday rights most of us take for granted. They sacrifice their normal routines to train, engage in combat and constantly put themselves in dangerous, life-threatening situations. Meanwhile, we sit comfortably in […]
THE RANT
Dear fellow South Dakotans, South Dakota said goodbye to one of its hardest working and well respected leaders March 26 as Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson announced he would not be seeking re-election for his Senate seat in 2014. The announcement, which took place right here on campus, was a final farewell to one of South […]
COLUMN: Steubenville rapists do not deserve pity
Society has made great leaps in terms of social issues over the last century. That being said, occasionally, an event comes along that proves we still have a ways to go. Last August, a 16-year-old girl was raped in the town of Steubenville, Ohio by two members of the town’s high school football team. For […]