2013
Group to feature harpist
The sound of strings will echo through the Knutson Theatre Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. as the University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra presents their winter concert. They will be playing pieces highlighting each section, including one featuring guest harpist Grace Gering of Freeman, South Dakota, and another piece featuring solos by the concert master, […]
COLUMN: Material world problems
I once heard we learn everything we need to know as children; at first I thought it strange, but now I understand. Knowledge can be accumulated forever and quickly lost, but it is intuitive understanding that lasts for an entire life, maturing until old age. As children, we learn to share, then quickly forget as […]
COLUMN: Improvising keeps things fresh
Everyone is busy in college. Maintaining a good GPA, social life and keeping your bank account full can be very difficult. My date for this week got thrown a curveball. Initially, I had made plans to take my date on an outing Thursday night, but she had to cancel at the last minute because of […]
REVIEW: Comedy ruined with awkward, bad acting
In recent years, comedy has dropped so low that “funny” is no longer the word to describe the genre. The latest example of this is “Identity Thief.” The plot is as straightforward as the title — Jason Bateman has his identity stolen by Melissa McCarthy. One catch is that he is from Colorado and the […]
REVIEW: STRFKR third album amps up electronics
To be perfectly honest, I only found out about Starfu*cker through their name. I figured it’d be something unnecessarily discordant and metal-y (think Nine Inch Nails’ song “Starf*ckers, Inc.”). Instead, what I heard was “Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second”: three minutes of tight, quirky, dance-inflected indie rock. Now, on their third album, “Miracle Mile,” STRFKR […]
COLUMN: March Madness may leave USD in the cold
March is a beautiful time of the year for basketball fans. When one’s college basketball team is simply waiting for their school to start playing in the NCAA basketball tournament, every day looks bright and sunny. For USD, things are a little gloomy and gray. USD is at the breaking point of their first season […]
Coyotes take first in Summit League Championships
The University of South Dakota men’s indoor track and field team had a monumental two days Feb. 24-25, winning the Summit League Conference Championship held at the DakotaDome. The men had seven individual championships and also took home first place in the 1600 meter relay. The win is important university wide, as it’s the Coyotes […]
USD women’s golf tees up for season
The Coyote women’s golf team hits the course for the first time since the fall as the team heads to Sedona, Ariz. for the Northern Arizona Red Rocks Invitational beginning March 2. The invitational hosts 20 teams, and the Coyotes will be under pressure as they have only been able to practice exclusively in the […]
COLUMN: Romance in the MUC
Last week I went on my first “Blaine date.” It’s like a blind date, but better. I am a double major and spend endless hours improving my brain in the library, so Blaine had to work around my incessant studying to ensure we were able to have dinner together. He met me in the library, […]
Clodfelter’s lasting legacy
Kim Clodfelter thumbs through a well-worn University of South Dakota yearbook from 1954, surrounded by a dozen similar titles stacked on a table in ID Weeks library. The 58-year-old Kim Clodfelter stops at the men’s basketball page. His finger circles the team photograph several times, then points directly at it. “This was Dad’s first year […]