2013
Campus gun bill fails 5-2
A forum held Monday afternoon by the University of South Dakota Student Government Association addressed Senate Bill 177. The bill would have limited the authority of the South Dakota Board of Regents to regulate the possession of guns by students on campus, but was shot down 5-2 in a Senate committee hearing Tuesday. SGA president […]
Fourth of students leave USD each year
One in four students do not return to the University of South Dakota every year on average, according to data by the university’s Institutional Research Department. The report, released Feb. 4, also indicates approximately 1,250 first-time, full-time students registered for the fall 2012 semester, an increase of 139 students from the year before. Of these […]
Internship opportunities are abound for USD students
With over 1.5 million, or 53.6 percent, of bachelor’s degree-holders under the age of 25 claiming unemployment in 2011, administrators and faculty at the University of South Dakota are doing all they can to create opportunities for their students. One way this is being done is through the search and acquisition of internships. Whether it […]
Plans to build USD Sculpture Walk in place
The University of South Dakota is collaborating with Sioux Falls’ SculptureWalk to bring six sculptures to campus by this fall. The sculptures will be on lease, at $1,500 individually per year, and will come with a total price tag of $9,000. The contemporary sculptures were chosen by a committee consisting of the Dean of the […]
Farber calendar raises money for Mock Trial
The Doc Farber statue, located in front of Dakota Hall, got a makeover — 12 makeovers, to be exact. Members of the University of South Dakota Mock Trial team created a 2013 calendar fundraiser featuring the campus landmark sporting a themed outfit for each month. Outfits ranged from workout clothes for a New Year’s resolution-themed […]
New policy requires shirts at Wellness Center
Students visiting the University of South Dakota Wellness Center this semester may notice something new about the 61,000 square-foot facility. A new policy implemented for the spring semester requires the wearing of shirts by all members in order to reduce the spread of virus or disease caused by skin-to-skin contact. Steve Mayer, director of the […]
BLOG: Fitness Misconceptions
There are a number of people out there who have problems sticking to a routine healthy lifestyle because there is always some new fad or study coming out about health tips. They get overwhelmed and I get overwhelmed. I want to take a moment and help clear some of the myths up. No pain, […]
BLOG: Flu Season
This week I’ve decided to write my blog in a slightly different style. I call it “Flu Season: a Drama in Five Parts.” Part 1: Denial I’m not sick. I can’t be sick. I’ve taken all the feasible preventative measures to make sure I don’t get sick. I’m not sick, because my lungs aren’t burning. That’s […]
BLOG: This blog is not about gun control
Anyone with any sense of what’s been going on in the United States knows that gun control has been a hot button topic in the news recently. I’m not going to tell you what to think, but for Pete’s sake, think. Some colleagues and I were sitting in the newsroom throwing some banter back […]
BLOG: Vermillion Bars
I think I speak for most of the student body at any college when I say we have all thought, “There is nothing to do in this town.” I’ve said it, you’ve said it, I overhear it in conversations, you’re parents probably said it when they dropped you off here. And they said it with […]