April 2013
Vermillion tears down trees citywide
Over this past winter season, the city of Vermillion Streets Department has been marking and cutting down trees that have been deemed too close to city streets. Pete Jahn, Superintendent of the Vermillion Street Department, said the winter season works best with cutting down trees near city streets. “During the cold winter season, the trees’ […]
TKE fights for St. Jude charity
The Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter at the University of South Dakota will be holding its annual TKE Fight Night on April 10. The Fight Night is a yearly boxing event put on by the fraternity, wherein all proceeds go to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Fighters can enter the event as teams and groups. Awards and […]
USD celebrates first-ever African Celebration Night
Yusuf Dawodu, a native of Nigeria, was once asked by a co-worker if he had a pet giraffe because he was from Africa. Dawodu, a student at the University of South Dakota, said he jokingly played off the comment. “I said ‘Yeah, do you want a ride?’ and we both kind of laughed about it,” […]
Low enrollment behind cut to Arabic program
Sophomore Haley Brees wants to become an Egyptologist, but recently ran into a major roadblock as University of South Dakota officials cut the Arabic language program she had invested a year of her studies to learn. “This seems to be a trend at USD, where language or cultural classes that could be offered are being […]
Vermillion opts for texting ban
The city of Vermillion will implement a citywide ban on texting while driving May 2. Members of the Vermillion City Council unanimously passed city ordinance 1297, effectively outlawing the act of texting while driving, during the Vermillion City Council meeting April 1. City council member Steve Ward said after the South Dakota legislature failed to […]
SGA talks budget allocation, guest speaker
Student senators at the April 9 Student Government Association meeting discussed a proposed by-law amendment, swore in the organization’s new at-large members and briefly discussed a number of on-campus issues. The SGA Finance Committee said they are in the process of working on the budget for SGA-funded campus organizations for the 2013-14 academic year. It […]
Regents announce increase of tuition, fees
The South Dakota Board of Regents voted to increase South Dakota public universities’ tuition and fees by 4.4 percent. The vote happened during a BOR meeting April 4 in Aberdeen, S.D. Regents voted 6-3 to approve the tuition hike, which will go into effect this summer. BOR system’s Vice President of Finance and Administration Monte […]
Research exhibition features 500 entries
In regards to higher education, its common for students to associate academic research exclusively to math and science fields. University of South Dakota associate professor of neuroscience and IdeaFest chairman Brian Burrell wants students to know the notion is untrue for USD. “We tend to talk about research because we think of people working in […]
UPDATED: Capt. Mark Kelly endeavors to USD for IdeaFest April 10
Capt. Mark Kelly, distinguished astronaut, U.S. Navy captain and best-selling author, visited the University of South Dakota campus April 10. Later in the evening, Kelly headlined as the keynote speaker for USD’s Ideafest at Aalfs Auditorium and gave his presentation entitled “Endeavor to Succeed.” The husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords also fielded questions from […]
Daly, Minogue provide offensive spark
Yvon Minogue and Allie Daly may not have much experience playing at the college level, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t deliver when they are out on the softball diamond. The first-year and sophomore bat 3-4 in the line-up and have come up big for the Coyotes in several games. Minogue grew up in […]