Letter to the Editor: Dean urges students to use time to strive for greatness

President Lincoln’s inaugural address appealed “to the better angels of our nature.” In that spirit, I write respectfully and with great affection to all USD students — as a first-generation college student and South Dakota kid — asking that you give academic life your very best effort. After all, few people in human history are […]

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Letter to the Editor: University, students show lack of cultural, heritage sensitivity

Patience and persistence were required to write an op-ed to the blatant remark by a young college male whom bragged one weekend to be, “drunker than 100 Indians” on a popular social media page. The remark was perhaps nothing more than a young male highlighting the activities of his typical Friday night. However, I couldn’t […]

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Overheard

Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things that we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers. “Not even God could have passed that test.” — Muenster University Center “I don’t care what I have to do, this pirate mission is happening.” — Old Main “I don’t know why everyone always asks me. […]

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