August 28, 2013
BOR requests $6 million in tuition freeze
Story by: Emily Niebrugge and Trent Opstedahl The South Dakota Board of Regents is setting a freeze in tuition and fees its number one priority for the 2015 fiscal year. In an overall request for $11.6 million made this month, the BOR has asked for the state to consider designating more than half of the funding […]
A squeeze and a shuffle
Augie Jimenez was not supposed to move into North Complex Aug. 23. He was supposed to be at basic training for the Iowa National Guard. Instead, Jimenez moved into USD housing facilities with more than 1,000 other first-year students as part of the campus’ official move-in day. The total was similar to the number of […]
Wristbands separate tailgaters
A new tailgating experience will be tested Aug.buy cymbalta online https://www.calmandgentledentalcare.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/uk/cymbalta.html no prescription 31 at the first football game against UC Davis. After making the change to Division-I athletics last year, USD officials hoped to change tailgating procedures to create a more traditional setting for a pregame activity for students. Student cars, games and grills […]
IT center opening in spring
The Vermillion Technology Center expects to hire 200 IT workers after the Eagle Creek Software Services opens in May 2014. The facility will be located west of the University of South Dakota campus near Walmart. Some of the employees will be USD students participating in the Information Technology Consultant Academy. Eagle Creek’s Vermillion Technology Center […]
Phi Beta Kappa Scholar to speak on campus
VOLANTE STAFF REPORTS Timothy Bromage, professor of biomaterials and biomimetics at New York University, will speak in the Freedom Forum Conference Room in the Al Neuharth Media Center 7:30 p.m. Sept. 5 to discuss “What Cells Will Do For Global Climate Change.” Bromage has been honored for his research by the National Science Foundation and […]
COLUMN: USD battling through transition phase
I made the long 320-mile drive Aug. 23 from Eagan, Minn. — Yes, the same Twin Cities town that Jackrabbit star running back Zach Zenner is from — back down to Vermillion. As a junior, I guess I’m now considered an upperclassman. This got me thinking, with all these incoming first-years, how many actually know […]
Soccer looks to rebound after two-win season
As students at the University of South Dakota arrived on campus over the weekend of Aug. 23, the Coyote’s women soccer team was already a week into their season. The 2013 schedule represents a new season with a fresh start. The Coyotes struggled out of the gate last year, finishing last in the Summit League […]
‘Band of Brothers’
The University of South Dakota football team is a year removed from their first season of being a Division-I post-season eligible program. The Coyotes finished the 2012 campaign with a 1-10 record, picking up their lone victory against Colgate in their home opener Sept. 8, 2012. While their 2012 season was not full of successes, […]
Volleyball gearing up for 2013 season
Aug. 30 marks the start of a new season for the University of South Dakota Coyote volleyball team. Last year’s team was the definition of playing .500, as they went 8-8 in the Summit League and 14-14 overall. It was the final stretch of the season that gained the attention of others. The Coyotes finished […]