October 2015
Football team catching a new wind moving forward
This year’s football team is different. The Coyotes have now doubled their wins from a year ago, going from two last year to four this year with four games still to play. Gone is the hopeful optimism of the early season that this year could be different. Replaced is a feeling this team has had […]
People of the Pack: Jae BearHeels
Jae BearHeels is a first-year student at the University of South Dakota Katie McGuire: What is your major? Jae BearHeels: Nursing, or pre-nursing. KM: Why did you choose it? JB: I like to help people. I’m actually trying to be a registered maternity nurse so I can help babies. KM: Where are you from? JB: […]
Students need to be mindful of community this Halloween
As students celebrate Halloween this weekend, they should be mindful that they also share Vermillion with children, families and elderly community members. Time and time again, drinking culture is cited as a major problem at college campuses around the country. Halloween seems to be a catalyst to push for heavier drinking, especially when it falls on […]
Summit League cross-country championships near
The USD cross-country teams will look to put on a memorable performance this Saturday when they head to Brookings for the Summit League Championship. “We need to have the best race we can possibly have on that day on that course,” head coach Dan Fitzsimmons said. “We’ve already run there this year. The women ran […]
Shavetober event raises money for pediatric brain cancer research
Students, faculty and community members will have the opportunity to shave their heads Thursday in support of pediatric brain cancer research. Katie Anderson, service director for USD’s Golden Key International Honour Society chapter, said Shavetober is a unique fundraising event in the fact that participants don’t tend to leave and forget about their donation. Instead, they […]
Partying in college shouldn’t dictate your education
When you were younger and you thought about college, what you usually thought about was studying and working toward your degree. That idea has greatly changed over the years. Instead of the idea of studying, people often think about going to parties and hooking up. Now, if you don’t do those things you become someone […]
USD professors present research at South African conference
Two USD professors presented their research at the fifth International Society for Child Indicators in Cape Town, South Africa, on children’s well-being this past September. About 300 people representing 36 countries attended the conference, including USD’s Lisa Newland, professor of human development and educational psychology, and Soonhee Roh, assistant professor of social work. The research presented […]
Chalk messages initiate policy discussion at SGA, university level
By Tatum Dean, Ally Krupinsky and Rachel Newville Though it has since rained, the recent spike in chalk messages around campus didn’t go unnoticed by USD students and faculty. Initially sparked by messages from the “Yotes for Life” group, USD students began marking up campus sidewalks with their own messages in retaliation, some of which […]
Campus groups rally behind cause for domestic violence month
Nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. This equates to more than 10 million women and men each year. As a part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, USD organizations have been spreading awareness through an exhibit and supply drive throughout the […]
Students decorate dorm doors for Halloween, contest
Many first-year and sophomore students in North Complex have gotten into the Halloween spirit by covering their doors with spook-tacular decorations. Most of them do it for the love of the holiday, however, on the first floor of Mickelson Hall, Community Adviser Steph Harris has made the decorating activities into a fun contest. The winner […]