2014
Proposed amendment would raise minimum wage
Proposed measures on this November’s election ballot could change the economic landscape of South Dakota. Initiated Measure 18 would amend state law to raise the state’s hourly minimum wage for non-tipped workers from $7.25 to $8.50 per hour, effective Jan. 1, 2015. Every year, the minimum wage would be adjusted if there is an increase in […]
Onward campaign well received by USD affiliates
Ball gowns and cocktail dresses, black suits and bow ties — all kinds of red-and black-attired folk gathered at the Muenster University Center Oct. 10 for the public launch of the largest fundraising campaign in South Dakota’s history. The Onward Campaign for South Dakota, scheduled for completion in 2017, has raised $135,223,415 in private donations […]
International Partner Program connects international students with USD partners
As first-year international student Michelle Allotey walked through the Muenster University Center with a friendly smile, something stood out. She was nicely dressed compared to the usual students’ attire of jeans and sweatshirts. “In Ghana, when you’re going to school it’s more like a fashion show,” Allotey said. “Everyone wants to wear heels and look […]
Online bullying prevalent at USD
USD Confessions is a popular Facebook page where students can post anonymous confessions essentially about anything. I’ve never posted anything on there, but sometimes it’s simply fun to see what other people have to say. On Oct. 7, I saw one post that basically recalled the anonymous poster’s trip to Walmart and how they had […]
Hitchcock a pioneer in the crime, thriller genre
Finally, we have made it to the decade of my favorite director’s films. Alfred Hitchcock was notorious — which so happens to be a title of one of his movies — for changing the game for crime/thriller movies in the 1930s well through the 1970s. Out of all of his many award-winning films, one of […]
Michael Dunn guilty verdict brings hope
The Jacksonville, Fla., case of Michael Dunn has returned a guilty verdict for first-degree murder. Dunn was charged with murder after shooting into an SUV filled with teenage boys at a gas station after a verbal altercation over the loudness of the boys’ music. Despite Dunn claiming he only fired into the car out of […]
Students curate exhibit in Oscar Howe Gallery
Paintings in the Oscar Howe Gallery serve as a window into the Native American way of life. “Red Road” features the traditions, ceremonies, dances, rituals, games and day-to-day events of Native Americans. Senior Rayna Hernandez, who is majoring in English and painting, and graduate student Isaac YellowBank, studying kinesiology, shared their original research as part of […]
Caught between a rock and an ice-cold creek
Sometimes you find a good workout routine, and sometimes a workout finds you. Other times, you find yourself standing in the middle of a creek in the Black Hills of South Dakota, wondering where it all went wrong. Last weekend I tagged along on a traditional college road trip with the noble ambition of getting […]
UNI defeats USD 27-16
The 100th Dakota Day hype appeared to be too much for the University of South Dakota football to handle. South Dakota came into their homecoming game with high hopes of taking down Northern Iowa for the second year in a row and improving to 3-3 on the year. Unfortunately, UNI got the best of the […]
PHOTOS: USD soccer ties NDSU 2-2
On Sunday the University of South Dakota women’s soccer team on the North Dakota State University at home. The Coyotes tied the Bison 2-2. (Photos: Anna Glenski / The Volante)