2014
The art in film history: Frank Capra’s grand slam at the Oscar’s
Picture a girl in a high-society position running away from the pressures of even higher expectations — a sort of rebellious act. Along the way of figuring out her next step, she meets a boy whom she despises at first but falls in love with after getting to know him. Then, plot twist — you […]
“Onward Campaign” to be unveiled Friday
During Dakota Days festivities, students, faculty and university supporters will fill the Muenster University Center with red and black attire for the unveiling and celebration of the $250 million Onward Campaign. USD will hold a Red Tie Launch event Friday to reveal the university’s newest fundraising campaign. Steve Brown, president and CEO of the University of South Dakota Foundation, described […]
USD soccer draws scoreless with Omaha
The University of South Dakota Women’s soccer team drew with the University of Nebraska-Omaha in Vermillion Friday, as neither team could find the back of the net in the 0-0 overtime match. USD managed to hit goalpost iron twice in the match. In the 14th minute, first-year defender Katlin Ptacek had a shot hit the left upright […]
Paradise Fears wraps up first full-band headlining tour, prepares for upcoming album release
Story by Trent Opstedahl and Josie Flatgard The smell of sweat, perfume and a hint of alcohol fill the air inside the compact yet comfortable concert venue. A crowd of about 200 begins to erupt with song and cheer as the house lights dim and the stage lights begin flashing in chaotic patterns. A few […]
Intramural soccer interest growing at USD
On the final court in the University of South Dakota Wellness Center, nightly games of pick-up soccer host 10-20 people looking to play a sport that is not typically a popular American pastime. With a mix of inexperienced students to former players, the games look similar to any pick-up sport hosted at the Wellness Center. […]
Loads of spirit: Equipment manager the ‘rock behind the scenes’ of Coyote athletics
Downstairs in the DakotaDome, between administrative offices and locker rooms, sits Sara Wieseler, surrounded by shelves of athletic equipment near her office desk. Wieseler is the head athletic equipment manager at the University of South Dakota and works as part of the staff behind the scenes of Coyote athletics. Her role isn’t the most glamorous. […]
USD’s Climb Fest grapples new challenges
The 38-foot-high rock climbing wall in the Wellness Center will transform Oct. 8 into a competitive landscape for the fourth-straight year of Climb Fest at the University of South Dakota. USD Climbing Club president Brad Swart said the event is the beginning of fall competitions for the group and is a good start to draw attention to rock climbing […]
Sioux Falls food charity eyes Vermillion to expand
A Sioux Falls charity may expand to the Vermillion area if it gains enough votes in a Walmart campaign. Junior Josh Hayes co-founded the Faith Temple Food Giveaway in Sioux Falls, which feeds 1,000 people each week. The giveaway has teamed up with Feeding South Dakota for Walmart’s Fight Hunger Spark Change campaign. “It’s been […]
Study abroad enrollment trumps other state school numbers
During the 2013 fall semester, Rachel Mihulka got a first-hand history lesson focused on Italy by learning about its history in the place where it actually happened. “Instead of being in a classroom, my Rome Through the Ages lectures were in the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Pantheon,”Mihulka said. Mihulka, a senior majoring in Contemporary Media & Journalism, went […]
Theater production aims to break stigma of mental illness
Diana shoves her husband away in anguish, defending her son. She doesn’t realize her mind is deceiving her — that her son has been gone for 16 years. Diana and her husband lost their child when he was 18 months old, an event that causes her to hallucinate her son. Over the next 16 years, she has seen him […]