2016
New TRIO program offers extra support for undergraduate students
A new federal program hopes to make a difference at USD, 144 students at a time. Student Support Services is one of three TRIO programs on campus. The program started last semester and will soon be at full capacity. It offers individual meetings with advisers and free tutoring for at-need students. Through a $1.1 million grant received by the university last year, […]
Majoring in business proves to be beneficial for students
Every student wants to major in something that will land them a job after college which is why more and more students are deciding to go with majors that are business related. USD’s business school is one of the best in the nation and a great choice for those considering a business-oriented career. The school was […]
Students have options to consider voting outside two-party system
This newspaper, especially during a presidential election, has seen its share of political articles. With all of the pushes to get the student body politically active, as glam rock band Europe once said, “it’s the final countdown.” We are less than six weeks away from a very serious election, and it really isn’t hard to […]
Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency tests not useful for students
After spending years in high school preparing and stressing over the ACT and SAT, college students assume the world of general standardized testing is a fading memory. At least until junior year. This is when the ACT’s Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency comes into play. Commonly referred to as CAAP, the test is designed to […]
Artwork featuring circles of mourning displayed at campus art gallery
Dakota Days has brought many alumni into town, but not all came for the football game. On Friday and Saturday, art enthusiasts, alumni and students attended the reception for the exhibition of Melinda Camber Porter’s work in the John A. Day art gallery in the Fine Arts building. Several distinguished alumni were at the reception, […]
About 100 run in annual police fundraiser
A large police presence could be seen in Prentis Park Thursday evening. The officers weren’t there for a call, however, but to run in the fourth Annual Run with the Cops 5K. Founded in 2012 by Vermillion Police Department officers David Kyte and Jon Cole, Run with the Cops raises money for the Vermillion Fraternal […]
Annual report documents three rapes on USD’s campus in 2015
Three confirmed rapes were reported on the campus of USD in 2015, with one additional rape being reported off-campus, according to data released in the 2015-2016 USD Annual Fire Safety & Security Report on Wednesday. All three on-campus rapes happened in residence halls. In total, there been seven forcible sex offenses on the campus of USD from […]
SGA passes resolution allocating $9,000 for CDC media center
In a 17-8 vote, Student Government Association Senators decided to allocate $9,000 for a new media center for the Center of Diversity & Community Tuesday evening, a move that some Senators thought was an inappropriate use of unallocated funds. There were no empty seats at the SGA’s meeting to show their concern of the CDC’s […]
USD’s new supercomputer ‘Lawrence’ to be installed next semester
It’s an upgrade that has been a long time coming. According to a few experts in Portland, Oregon, USD’s new supercomputer — a computer that runs 10 times faster than the average desktop computer — will be rolled out in the spring. After having written the grant for the new supercomputer in January of 2015, […]
Husband and wife professor duo have diverse backgrounds, teach diverse subjects
In side-by-side offices in Dakota Hall, Tim Schorn and Ilmira Dulyanova are a unique, international husband and wife teaching duo. Dulyanova, an adjunct Russian instructor at USD, first arrived in the United States in 2004 on a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant program to teach Russian at USD. She is originally from Tashkent, the capital of […]