Student passion inspires new club

The Sustainability Club wants to turn green talk into action. Sophomore Emily Roberson recently co-founded the Sustainability Club with junior Morgan Appley during a sustainability internship. The internship, along with Roberson’s own passion for sustainability, led to her interest in forming the club. Appley had similar motivations. “For me sustainability has been a passion for […]

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USD website updates scheduled to be done by the fall semester

The University of South Dakota’s marketing and information technology web teams are working alongside a contracted website design firm to update the university’s website and MyU portal. According to USD Marketing and Relations Director Tena Haraldson, without any unexpected roadblocks, the teams are expecting both jobs to be done by the beginning of the 2014 […]

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Editor’s column: Unverified sources found in Volante

As journalists representing “The Students’ Voice since 1887” at the University of South Dakota, our sole purpose in the newsroom is to provide our readers with honest, fair and accurate news. But last week, questionable sources arose in multiple articles written by one Volante reporter, potentially violating the newspaper’s Code of Ethics by distorting the […]

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Letter to the Editor: Growth of students needs residence hall reevaluation

I agree with Erik Muckey when he mentioned hopes for new residence halls in Braley Dodson’s article, President James Abbott covers enrollment, graduation and retention rates.  If Abbott wants to continue the growth at the University of South Dakota, he needs to accommodate that growth with places for new students to live. As a student […]

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In the Know & In the Dark

IN THE KNOW: Halloween is rolling around just like it does every year. IN THE DARK: Mother Nature decided to use this week to get into the colder weather mood with a chance of snow. IN THE KNOW: The Jonas Brothers broke up. IN THE DARK: The Jonas Brothers were still together. IN THE KNOW: Speaker Jamie Utt was brought […]

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