2014
A fire in the snow: Visiting alumnus helps with kiln
“Baby, it’s cold outside,” but not too cold for the University of South Dakota ceramics students and visiting alumnus artist Johnne Law McMahan. With guidance from Law McMahan, students fired up a recently-completed, wood-fired ceramics kiln they designed and constructed outside of the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts. It has been a year-long research project led […]
Coyotes fall 45-26 to Illinois State
The Coyotes didn’t make many positive memories inside the DakotaDome this year. Their 45-26 loss to Illinois St. ended a need-to-forget, two-win season at home. USD (2-9, 0-6 Missouri Valley) opened up their home slate of games with two straight wins against William Penn and Northern Arizona but closed with four straight losses. The team […]
‘Tie One On’ campaign targets drunk driving
Kevin O’Kelley believes people are precious. They are so precious, they should never lose their life in a drunk driving accident. But, he realizes that sometimes people don’t always think ahead to designate a sober driver when they head downtown. To bring awareness and encourage people not to drive drunk, O’Kelley contacted Mothers Against Drunk […]
Empire Mall holiday store marks shift in merchandising
The newly-opened University of South Dakota holiday gift shop may include an exclusive vintage line that features a cartoon Charlie Coyote, but its opening in Sioux Falls’ Empire Mall signals a shift in how USD competes in the college logo market. “It’s a fortified billion dollar market. There are schools that are not D-I that have more […]
Moen shares love of cats through book
Appealing to his family and friends, cat lovers and well-wishers, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences Matthew Moen has now published a book he had tucked away in a drawer for years. Moen had the opportunity 18 years ago to get his book, “Dumb Bunnies and Expecting Cats,” a piece of creative nonfiction, published […]
Decrease in recycling selfish, irresponsible
According to Greenwaste.com, the average person generates about 4.5 pounds of trash every day, which adds up to about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates 75 percent of solid waste is recyclable, but only about 30 percent of it is actually recycled. Less than 1 percent of all plastics […]
Recycling at USD decreased from 2013
Every other weekend, University of South Dakota first-year Gabbie Sefranek, a sustainability major, takes seven peoples’ worth of recyclables back to her hometown of Omaha, Neb. “None of my friends would recycle before I asked them to,” Sefranek said. Sefranek’s mother teaches at a high school where the janitors take all recyclables to a center that […]
Parking responsibility falls on students, not UPD
I really hate to be that guy, but I’m going to be that guy in defense of the university administering parking tickets. Last year I was notorious for parking illegally around North Complex or in the scattered ‘A’ parking lots on campus. If I had to guess, I would say I was given six or […]
USD needs more parking spaces
Recently I received my first parking ticket from the University of South Dakota — which was more than $30. Now, I admit, I was parked in a visitor’s parking lot. However, I needed to be in that building for no more than 20 minutes to return heavy equipment to the university, after which I’d be […]
