September 2013
The Rant: Sweater weather
Dear Vermillion weather, Over the past couple of days the weather in Vermillion has been chilly enough to constitute it as “sweater weather.” Don’t get me wrong, I am a fan of fall, it’s my favorite season. But one thing I have learned attending the University of South Dakota is always be prepared for the […]
Do’s & Dont’s: Dakota Days
Please Do Go to all of your classes. Yes, it is homecoming week, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to start skipping your classes. This week, it will be especially important to attend all of your classes and prove to your professors that you’re serious about your education. Have a Dakota Days to remember. We […]
COLUMN: Junior stops waiting and paves future
Sometimes I really can’t tell if I’m depressed or just a college student. The majority of the time, it’s either my pathological fear of failure or my small bladder that coaxes me out of bed in the morning. Other times it’s at least 45 minutes of scrolling through the puppies tag on Instagram before I […]
Students make cross-cultural connections
Senior Cassandra Bosma got to climb the towers in Rothenburg, Germany, and joined the fall festivities at Kramermarkt in Bremen, Germany, two unique experiences marking when she studied abroad in Germany for a year. The University of South Dakota encourages students to go through with this program because it gives most students a better understanding […]
Rambling Anna: Vermillion isn’t dangerous at night
In one of my classes, we got off on a tangent about how males see things differently than females. For instance, walking to your car in a deserted parking lot after dark in Vermillion is a lot scarier for women than it is men. I was the only one in class who didn’t agree. About […]
Smaller marching band hits a high note
This year’s Sound of USD marching band is smaller than in previous years, but junior drum major Sam Schroeder said the band sounds the best it has since he joined as a first-year student. The 2013 band, which has 115 members, is currently preparing its “Movies” field show, which will debut at the Dakota Days […]
Athlete stays inspired thanks to grandfather
EDITOR’S NOTE: During the semester, The Volante will be featuring a variety of students and their unique stories for a campus dynamic feature. If you or someone you know has an interesting story, contact [email protected]. Name: Keyen Lage Hometown: Sioux Falls, S.D. Year: Sophomore Major: Business finance Position: Outside linebacker No. 33 Kelsey Kroger: Who is your favorite opponent? Keyen Lage: “South […]
McLaughlin honors Howe
Crazy Horse’s uncle may be depicted in a Lakota ledger from Little Bighorn, social anthropologist Irene Castle McLaughlin said during this year’s annual Oscar Howe Memorial Lecture. About 70 were in attendance in Farber Hall last week for the lecture, “Riders of the Storm: A Plains Indian Ledger from Red Cloud’s War.” “It’s a real […]
Lose the Booze
In part one of this three-week series about on-campus alcohol consumption, The Volante focuses on statistics surrounding underage drinking in relation to the University of South Dakota. Within the first week of the fall semester at the University of South Dakota, four parties were busted by the Vermillion Police Department for underage drinking, said Police […]
USD will ‘likely’ meet Obama’s new proposal
South Dakota Board of Regents Executive Director Jack Warner said it is too early to determine how President Barack Obama’s proposed performance system for higher education might impact the University of South Dakota. “We’ve been tracking as close as possible but there are really no details that have been forthcoming from the administration at this […]