September 2016
Editorial: DAPL raises questions beyond the pipeline
As American college students, we aren’t known for sitting idly in the face of injustice. The Dakota Access Pipeline is no exception. Across the nation, people are rallying alongside the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota to stop production plans for the pipeline. Even after the Obama administration halted the pipeline, the risk still […]
Letter to the editor: Honors Program curriculum serves all students
Dear Editor, I am responding to the Aug. 30 opinion piece addressing the Honors Program curriculum. The Honors Program serves students of all majors and our courses are explicitly designed to be interdisciplinary in nature, allowing students to share their perspectives with one another. As a result, according to an exit survey of a 2016 […]
Virtual reality may be next art form
For anyone who has never gotten the chance to experience virtual reality, it’s almost beyond description. I, of course, can try to tell you what it feels like, but by nature it’s something that needs to be used first-hand for the full effect. With high-end options, it’s like jacking into the Matrix. It’s the logical […]
Political party and personal ideology: There’s a difference
In a letter to a future Continental Congress colleague, John Adams wrote, “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist visits USD
An image is said to be worth 1,000 words, but for one community photojournalist it was also worth the Pultizer Prize. Robert Cohen, a Pulitzer-Prize winning community photojournalist, visited USD last Thursday. Cohen, an employee of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, won his Pulitzer for his photographic coverage of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death […]
Pilot recycling program moving to next round of discussion
The USD waste and recycling study report is almost finished and ready to be taken to the Executive Committee to review a pilot program. The report includes data from multiple studies done last year. Including recycling rates, a waste profile assessment, infrastructure assessment and sustainability survey. According to the report, done by the Verdis group, […]
Annual 5k promotes awareness, raises money for mental health
Scores of people took to the streets of Vermillion Saturday morning to help raise awareness about mental health. The Nikki’s Fund 5k run/walk is an annual event that promotes suicide prevention and awareness. The run is held in honor of Nikki Harris, who passed away 11 years ago from suicide. Janine Harris, Nikki’s mother and […]
Gender inclusive housing, the Center for Diversity & Community important outlets for LGBTQ+ students
In its second year of implementation, gender inclusive housing along with efforts by the Center for Diversity & Community has made a positive impact for LGBTQ+ students. About 30 students opted for gender inclusive housing this fall, said Housing Director John Geske. Gender inclusive housing is available in North Complex, McFadden Hall and Coyote Village, […]
Professor: Knowing legal rights important in encounters with the police
With a summer of tension between police and the communities they patrol, some students may wonder, just what are their rights in a police encounter? Sydney Andre, a freshman studying English, said that she gets nervous when she is pulled over. “I got really nervous because just having to deal with the police causes anxiety,” […]
False alarm: preparing students for actual fire
Surrounded by about 1,000 of their peers in their residence hall, any student can expect to hear the fire alarm at any time. Students deal with fire alarms regularly; whether it’s a drill, smoke from students trying to grill hamburgers in their kitchenette or an actual fire. Jonah Eggers, a North Complex resident and first-year […]