October 2015
Safe Ride service abused by some, former employee says
Though last week’s Dakota Days festivities resulted in a spike in citations from the Vermillion Police Department across the board, only three DWI arrests were made. The three Vermillion Public Transit buses filled to the brim with intoxicated students each weekend may have had something to do with that. Funded through the Department of Highway Safety, […]
Number of citations issued over 2015 Dakota Days ‘average’
The Vermillion Police Department was kept reasonably busy from Wednesday to Sunday last week, issuing 20 citations for open containers, 18 underage consumption tickets and had 14 incidents involving drugs or drug paraphernalia, VPD Chief Matt Betzen said. VPD also saw three disorderly conduct incidents, one assault on an officer, six incidents of public urination/defecation, three resistances to arrest, three public […]
Dakota Days 2015 Recap
If you missed any of the events last week, here is a quick recap of the D-Days activities. Producer: Krystal Schoenbauer Videographer: Sydney Mook, Tatum Dean, Monica Smithwick, Jacob Lutz, Mason Docktor
Student tailgate needs an expansion
When the student tailgate lot moved its present patch of grass on the north side, I was skeptical. The lot that students would be placed in was more constricted than before. It was no longer an open space but a bordered-up rectangle, and it did not seem to mesh with the rest of Coyote Nation. […]
Dakota Days closes with ‘A Joyful Noise’
Dakota Days week came to a close on Sunday afternoon with a resounding performance from the Gesteland-Smith duo. The “Make a Joyful Noise” event showcased the talents of Tracelyn Gesteland, an associate professor of voice in the USD music department and an active opera performer, as well as Wyatt Smith, an organist and a doctoral […]
Fiction author visits USD during D-Days
Brian Evenson, author and professor of literary arts at Brown University, visited the University of South Dakota on Oct. 2 to lead a craft talk as well as read from his own work. Evenson has published fiction novels and short stories, as well as a few non-fiction pieces. “From a very early age, I knew […]
Eichkorn controls SDSU Classic race
The SDSU Classic for the USD cross country team was a mixture of smiles and frowns on the bus ride home. While the women stomped on conference foes finishing first in the team standings, the men fell short finishing fourth out of just four teams. But solely staring at the team standings just doesn’t tell […]
Citizens need to take action on gun law reform
In the United States, we do a lot of things that make us different. We do not not use the metric system, we measure temperature in Fahrenheit and we display our flag everywhere. Although the U.S. has many innocent quirks, there are some things this country does that set it a part in a negative way, specifically […]
Coyote Crazies focus on increasing student interest in USD athletics
Attendence woes have been a big concern for USD athletics in the past, but one student organization has been taking the initiative to increase student activity at university athletic events. Their name has always hung proudly above the football student section, but their impact hasn’t been felt until they came together just two years ago. […]
New hearing conservation program aims to protect marching band member’s hearing
USD’s music program is teaming up with the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders to develop a hearing conservation program, starting with earplugs. Sophomore Daniel Bellis, founder of Students for the Involvement of Music and member of USD’s marching band, said students are excited for the program to start, which will likely happen next fall at […]