2016
Coyote swim and dive teams look toward Summit League Championship
After a weekend loss against South Dakota State in Brookings, the Coyote swimming and diving teams look to close out the season strong before the Summit League Championships. The Coyote men fell to SDSU 199-98 and the women dropped a close one 156-44. The performance doesn’t worry head coach Jason Mahowald. He said he knows […]
COLUMN: Coyote students disappoint on one of the biggest stages of the year
The final matchup against the in-state rival Jackrabbits of South Dakota State in the DakotaDome was a setup for something big for the Coyotes. The crowd came up big, over 4,000 people attended and many stuck to the game’s red out theme. The crowd was loud and the student section was nearly triple its normal […]
Theater department preps for spring productions
The USD theater department is hard at work preparing for its upcoming shows this spring semester. Between February and May, the department will be putting on three shows: “The Pillowman,” “The Baltimore Waltz” and “Assassins.” “The number of total hours put into a show by the full team of people, which includes actors, as well as […]
USD Housing bans hoverboards in dorms
Hoverboards topped many gift lists this past holiday season, but a recent ban enacted by USD Housing that prohibits students from keeping the self-balancing scooters in all residence halls will bring some of the fun to a screeching halt. Earlier this month, the university announced students would have to remove their hoverboards from their dorm […]
Search committee formed to find Sparks’ replacement
University officials are busy searching through a pool of candidates to find a replacement for Lindsay Sparks, the director of Transitions and Programming, after Sparks left campus for a job at the University of Miami at Ohio at the end of last semester. Sparks, who could not be reached for a phone interview, described herself […]
College students need to vote in this election
Given that we’re the next generation that will be affected by the voting turnout in this upcoming presidential election, college students need to vote. Believable or not, every vote counts and makes a difference. Probably the most important reason that college students should vote is because over the past few years, younger people have not […]
Art and health care converge at presentation
Visual artist Ariadne Albright travelled to campus Thursday to talk about the influences of art forms in health care with students in the Fine Arts Building. Albright currently works at Sanford Vermillion Hospital as an in-residence artist and art coordinator, where she incorporates painting and art as health tools. She is also an adjunct instructor of the “arts in […]
Former writer-in-residence remembered with release of ‘The Revenant’
Frederick Manfred, a former USD writer-in-residence, wrote an earlier version of the story depicted in the new Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Revenant” long before the film and the book it was based off of were made, but you won’t see his name in the credits. Manfred’s novel, “Lord Grizzly,” was published in 1954 and is based on […]
3-D printing lab will help shape ‘next generation of entrepreneurs’
A new window of opportunity has opened up for USD students who have an idea for a design concept but lack the means to produce a physical prototype. These students can also look for an embroidery franchise opportunity that provides a huge and promising business opportunity. That opportunity is the Innovation Lab, which includes a […]
Quad State Honor Band serves as recruitment tool for music program
High school students from four Midwest states gathered in Aalfs Auditorium Monday for the 18th Annual USD Quad State Honor Band. The Quad State Honor Band is a two day festival held at USD for students attending high school in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. It offers some of the best band members in the region a chance […]