Early sorority Recruitment Week eases first week schedules

Sorority members and incoming first-year women at the University of South Dakota experienced a lightened load for the first week of classes in comparison to previous years with Fall Recruitment Week taking place the week before classes began. Amber Groh, director of Sorority and Fraternity Life with Student Services, said the change was made because the tradition […]

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One-of-a-kind state neurological research center pushes for strides on a local, national level

They might not be able to go to a physical location on campus, but the students who participated in the Summer Program for Undergraduate Research in Addiction (SPURA) are still working for a common cause. Throughout the summer, eight USD undergraduates participated in the 12 week program, which allowed students like junior Melissa Prince to conduct research focussing on […]

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Screw ups and the art of making friends

We’ve waited roughly 18 years and spent thousands of dollars for this, and now our time has come. University South Dakota, be prepared: The class of 2018 is here. But with that anticipation and itch to get started with the rest of our lives comes quite a few learning curves, some of which have already crept […]

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Don’t shrug off Midwest hospitality, embrace the one-of-a-kind trait

As the Boeing 747 touched down in Minneapolis-St. Paul, returning me — and nearly all of my worldly possessions, stuffed haphazardly into three separate suitcases — onto American soil for the first time in over 12 months, I was unsure what to expect. Fanfare? A welcoming committee? Simon and Garfunkel singing either “America” or “Homeward Bound?” Was […]

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Move-in day 2014: Staff and volunteers greet new and returning students

2 p.m. — By this afternoon, Brennan Vote’s independent college career had already started. “My son just said, ‘What are you guys going to do for the afternoon?’ and so I’m guessing (Brennan and his friends are) exploring or looking around,” said John Vote, Brennan’s father. Brennan at least had lunch with his parents — who made sure to spend […]

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