2017
Editorial: Marijuana should be decriminalized
South Dakota activist groups are organizing efforts to legalize medical and recreational use of marijuana. This effort doesn’t come without opposition. Governor Dennis Daugaard has said multiple times he won’t back any initiatives legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana. While legalization is an ideal goal, a more realistic one is decriminalization. South Dakota has some of the […]
Marijuana policy advocates gather signatures for 2018 ballot initiatives
Legal marijuana use may be a possibility for South Dakotans in the near future if two ballot initiatives aiming at both recreational and medical access are passed. Melissa Mentele, vice chair of the Hansen County Democrats and a leader for New Approach South Dakota, is working towards compassionate cannabis education, she said. “We focus on compassionate ballot initiatives and […]
USD not likely to cut sports teams
University of North Dakota’s recent decision to cut several athletic programs is unlikely to lead to similar cuts for any USD athletic programs, according to David Herbster, USD’s athletic director. UND announced the cutting of their women’s hockey team and both men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams on March 29 in an effort to […]
USD prepares for Chris Berman
USD is preparing for veteran ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman to arrive April 24 for a series of workshops and press conferences. Berman won the 2016 Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media last year, which was presented in June by the Newseum Institute in Washington D.C. This was the first year in the award’s history that the ceremony didn’t take place […]
Month of events to address human and sex trafficking
A group of professors and community members are coming together to educate on an overlooked topic — human trafficking. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, so professors from the criminal justice and political science departments decided to cover a topic that isn’t normally talked about on campus. They came up with a three-week event series, […]
Player of the Pack: Josh Hale
Josh Hale is a junior sport marketing & media major on the football team. Dustin VanHunnik: What is your favorite sport to watch? Josh Hale: Football. It’s the only sport I’ve really ever paid attention to. DV: What is your favorite USD sporting event? JH: Definitely the basketball games. The games against State are easily […]
USD track and field coach presented Olympic bronze medal
Derek Miles, a USD alumnus and current track and field coach, received a bronze medal Monday for his pole vaulting performance during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Miles placed fourth in the event nine years ago, but after the International Olympic Committee stripped a handful of athletes of their medals for banned substances found during retests […]
Campus charity group to send aid to those in need
A new student organization will be shipping food packages to people in need soon. The group, Then Feed Just One, aims to help families in Central America, South America and Africa. Then Feed Just One is a non-profit organization based in Le Mars, Iowa, and was brought to USD by first-year students and co-presidents Krayton […]
USD to play Oklahoma in 2019
The USD football team will be playing national powerhouse Oklahoma University in 2019. The game, scheduled to take place Sept. 7, will be USD’s second game of the season. USD will be paid $575,000 to play OU in Norman, OK. These so-called “cupcake games” allow smaller schools, such as those in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), […]
Two USD students enter their app idea in $5,000 contest
Two USD students are hoping to score $5,000 from the state to help them develop an app. Sam Hummel, an MBA graduate student, and Tyler Frank, a senior accounting major, are competing in the Governor’s Giant Vision Student Competition. Their app idea is called “The Knack.” “The Knack is an e-commerce based app focusing on hand-made goods and services,” […]