August 2016
Basketball team’s trip to Spain helps new players gain experience
While many athletes spend the summer training in gyms, the USD men’s basketball team was getting ready to take their game to another continent. Once every four years, the NCAA allows a Division I men or women’s basketball team to take a trip abroad. With approval from USD President James Abbott and the rest of the […]
USD volleyball opens the Sanford Coyote Sports Center with a win
Lights out. With those words the brand new Sanford Coyote Sports Center was plunged into darkness while a volleyball hype video played on two big screens. For some programs theatrics like this may be normal, but for the Coyotes, this never would have been possible in the old Den. “Surreal was actually a really good word,” […]
New USD merchandise store to open in downtown Vermillion
Students and community members will soon be able to purchase USD apparel and merchandise from a new downtown store. The USD Marketing Department has been working throughout the month to get the store, named Charlie’s after USD’s mascot, open for business. Tena Haraldson, director of marketing, communications & university relations, said the store’s goals are […]
Living the Yote Life: New app connects students to campus events
A new app is helping students live the “Yote Life” this year. Yote Life, released Aug. 1, sends notifications to students about campus events and activities. The app was developed this summer by Guidebook, a company that develops apps for universities across the nation, including the University of Oregon. Yote Life has many features. Most […]
USD chalk policy still in the works
University administrators and students alike are continuing to debate the USD campus chalking policy — an issue which has continued for more than a year. Many student organizations take to the sidewalks with chalk during welcome week to recruit more members while still others chalk to exercise their right of free speech. Juniors Emily Massey […]
International students explore Vermillion on bicycles
This weekend a dozen of USD’s international students had the opportunity to hop on a bicycle and take a small guided tour of town as a part of the Vibrant Vermillion bike ride. The event was co-sponsored by USD’s International Club and Recycle 605, a local bicycle co-op that fixes abandoned bicycles and gives them to […]
Coyote soccer draws and loses on California trip
After opening the season with a win and a loss at home, the Coyotes hit the road this past weekend to take on two California schools. The first stop was in Riverside last Friday, as they took on University of California, Riverside. USD struck first in the 19th minute when sophomore forward Sammie Villwock netted […]
Still going strong: Students continue to play Pokémon Go
Even on a sweltering late summer’s day, many USD students can still be seen playing Pokémon Go on campus. The number of students playing the game today, however, is probably less than even a week ago. The once-immensely popular smartphone app has had more than 52.4 million people download it since its release on July 6, […]
Professor showcases photos from Israel trip
Last May, University of South Dakota’s Jan Berkhout, a professor of psychology, took a trip to Israel, during which he toured locations that shaped the course of human history. Berkhout took the trip with his wife, as members of Shurat HaDin, an Israeli anti-terrorism non-governmental organization. On Monday, Berkhout exhibited a series of large format […]
Campus organization looks to spread kindness
One of the newest clubs at USD, Random Acts of Kindness, or RAK for short, is dedicated solely to performing good deeds across campus. RAK was formed last spring by USD business administration sophomore Logan Johnson, after months of organizing, planning and rallying support from her fellow students. The USD branch of RAK is part of a national […]