October 2016
Spray Perfect: A Highly Imperfect Nail Polish
Picture this: It’s Friday night you’re ready for a girls’ night out. It’s going to be great. But wait! Your nails look terrible. You don’t have the time, not to mention the money, to go get them done. Great, the night is ruined! Ladies, we’ve all been there before, am I right? But don’t give […]
Coyotes hope to improve after slow Summit League start
The South Dakota women’s soccer team has been working hard to progress this season. With many fresh new faces, and some unfortunate injuries, this year has been anything but easy for the team. “We have had to put a lot of new people in that haven’t played a lot this season, we just need to get more […]
USD sustainability coordinator fights for native prairies, animal rights
Meaghan Jarchow, coordinator of USD’s sustainability program, has spent much of her life trying to reduce the animal suffering that occurs in the agricultural system. After graduating high school in Brandon, South Dakota, Jarchow completed her undergraduate and masters degrees in plant ecology from Ripon College and Minnesota State University, respectively, and later on went […]
USD celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with Drag Show
October is LGBTQ+ History Month, and the University of South Dakota celebrated with the annual fall drag show Monday night, as well as other events around campus. Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance hosted the fall drag show Monday night in the Muenster University Center Ballroom. The show featured 21 acts from performers, including Spectrum’s president, Nate Keane. During […]
South Dakota improves child well-being rank in annual report
South Dakota is now ranked No. 14 out of 50 states in terms of child well-being. RankedNo. 17 in 2014, the state improved on enough indicators to move up to No. 14 this year. According to the 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book, rankings are determined by four domains: family and community, economic well-being, education and […]
Community members, USD students prepares for flu season
As autumn comes into full swing, flu season comes along with it. Flu season starts in October lasting until March, sometimes as late as May, said Art Pepper, a nurse practitioner at Sanford. “Flu season starts because of the cold weather,” Pepper said. “People stay indoors and are in close proximity of each other, […]
Precautions should be taken for cold and flu season
Outside your warm window, the leaves are falling and the temperature is dropping. Brace yourself, campus: cold and flu season is upon us. I have had a mild cold around the same time of year for each of the last three years — right at the beginning of fall. My cold-fighting regimen has become fairly standardized […]
Letter to the editor: Instead of leaving Student Federation, SGA should work for a compromise
As a retired Army veteran, I would like to share that I hold various memberships in military organizations that advocate on my behalf. Sometimes the expense for that advocacy can be pricey and not as useful as I desire. However, without it, I am left with no voice and no representation for my concerns. Recently […]
Educational stresses require campus-wide support
With the arrival of midterms comes a week of studying and plenty of stress. With plenty of tests and essays to worry about, mental health is probably the last thing that comes to mind, no pun intended. Education at any level has become dependent on stress and anxiety. These educational expectations of constant high-performance leave […]
USD theatre, fine arts departments deserve more admiration
I recently had the pleasure of attending “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” by William Shakespeare at the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre. I was very excited to be attending the play, as the only other play I’ve attended was “Romeo and Juliet” a few years back. One of the things I really loved about the play […]