February 2014
Lacrosse players travel to Lincoln
After a five-year hiatus, the University of South Dakota club lacrosse team is back in action. The team played its first game of the 2014 season Feb. 8 in Lincoln, Neb., against the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, losing 19-0. Going into the game against Nebraska, senior Ethan Netz said the team knew the weekend would be […]
Former football star receives NFL chance
Senior linebacker Tyler Starr is on the road to continuing his football career professionally, and his official invitation to the 2014 NFL Scouting Combine should help keep his NFL dreams alive, Starr said. The combine will be held in Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 22-25, when over 300 top prospects will continue their journey to the NFL. […]
Christie scandal sets poor example
The scandal involving Chris Christie continues to deepen, and the news becomes bleaker with each passing day. The quicksand of new information has been pulling the New Jersey governor down for months, and it appears as if his chances of climbing out have finally been dashed. Only the most naive would believe that Christie had […]
COLUMN: University fails to make recycling convenient on campus
By: Hannah Nagy The University of South Dakota does many things right, but one thing it fails to provide is convenient recycling. The most opportune place for students to recycle appears to be the Muenster University Center and the library. The dorms and academic buildings have limited options, and Coyote Village and McFadden present almost none. […]
Consumer brands create loyalty
Humanity is a strange species. While other species seem to live by a pure instinct to survive and breed, mankind has, instead, moved past that. Instead, we spend our time searching for some sort of meaning in a seemingly meaningless universe. Of course, this is a difficult task, and most people seem happy to outsource […]
EDITORIAL: The value of independence, Freedom Forum prevents prior review
Think twice before reading this newspaper. Because, the content inside its pages and the paper it’s printed on would not be possible without the Freedom Forum and what it stands for. While the University of South Dakota holds a long list of notable and prestigious academic programs, the idea that it is able to house […]
COLUMN: University involvement in mental assistance essential to students
As police officers used pepper spray and a taser to get the razor blade from her hand, Sasha Menu Courey yelled, “The system failed me! The system failed me!” At this point in ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” investigation, I couldn’t hold back the tears. This University of Missouri swimmer was so talented, so intelligent and […]
Coyotes sign 30 new recruits
Volante reporter Payton Randle asked head football coach Joe Glenn about this year’s National Signing Day. Payton Randle: What does the recruitment process involve? Joe Glenn: We start off with approximately 1,000 candidates that we evaluate. These are people that are recommended to us by coaches and recruiting sports data. We start watching our areas, […]
