2017
USD students help to build new nature trail
Beginning this summer, nature enthusiasts will have a new place near Vermillion to spend time around trees, shrubs, animals, poison ivy and the Missouri River – the Frost Trail. The 2.2-mile-long trail begins near the intersection of SD Highway 19 and Dakota Street and runs through state-owned woodlands, called the Frost Game Production Area, to the banks […]
First RED Run goals met, hopes to become annual event
About 80 people lined up at Prentis Park early Saturday morning to show support for deployed troops. RED Run, the Remember Everyone Deployed 5K run, was held by the Student Veteran Resource Center and the Student Veterans Club. The route began at Prentis Park and stretched around Cherry, Plum, University and Main streets. Runners passed by the Old Ice Rink across […]
Global warming unnecessarily heats up politics
Across the country on April 22 thousands of people took part in the “March for Science.” Now the movement allegedly supports science in general, but let’s be honest: this was about global warming. And when it comes to global warming, things can get heated. For more than a decade we’ve been debating this issue. One side claims […]
Theater department experiencing long-standing gender role disparities
Two-thirds of USD’s theater department has found that it can be hard to catch a break. For years, college theater departments across the nation, including USD’s, have all been facing the same problem – a lack of female roles in productions. Right now, USD’s theater department is made up of 66 percent women and 34 […]
Editorial: USD support for troops should be year-round
Correction at 2:14 p.m.: The United States is involved in the military intervention against ISIL, which is part of The War on Terror. Last weekend the Student Veterans Resource Center (SVRC) hosted its first Remember Everyone Deployed (RED) 5K Run to support USD students and faculty on deployment. While there was good turnout for the first-time event, the USD […]
‘Green Violin’ showcases Jewish art, Yiddish culture
Green Violins, a campus-wide celebration of Yiddish art, culture and history, hosted various events starting in February and will end in May.buy grifulvin online https://www.conci.com/wp-content/languages/new/online/grifulvin.html no prescription One of these events was the “The Green Violin,” a musical representing Yiddish culture presented by USD Theatre from April 19 to April 23. Representing Yiddish culture “The Green Violin” follows the friendship […]
Physics professor Tina Keller to retire this summer
A longtime USD faculty member won’t be returning to teach next fall. Tina Keller, a physics professor, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the physics department, said she learned last fall that she was eligible to retire, and decided this spring she would do so at the end of the 2017 summer […]
Newly-formed group planning sexual assault training, awareness
A group of faculty and administration is creating a plan to combat sexual assault through law enforcement, prevention, policies and victim advocacy. Marisa Cummings, the Cook House project coordinator, was hired in February as part of a $300,000 grant USD received from the Department of Justice last October. In the first year of the three-year grant, Cummings said efforts so […]
Player of the Pack: Alli Lake
Alli Lake is a junior accounting major on the track and field team. Dustin VanHunnik: What brought you to USD? Alli Lake: Track and then academics brought me here. I came from Gettysburg (SD) so I love the small-town feel and I like how you know almost everyone. DV: What do you want to do with your career after […]
Student-athletes host children at Dome Field Day
The Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted a Dome Field Day in the DakotaDome and Sanford Coyote Sports Center Saturday morning. Student-athletes hosted children from all over southeastern South Dakota, ranging from kindergarteners to sixth graders. The athletes supervised the children as they ran football drills with members of the USD football team, played with […]