2018
How can we be better friends?
Whether you have two friends or 20, you probably care about nurturing your friendships. But it’s easy for outside forces to get in the way, especially in college, when you may be managing 15 credits with a part-time job. We have crazy deadlines and stay up late working on assignments, and we work late on […]
Hillary Clinton should give up Presidential dreams
With the next Presidential election barely two years away, speculation about who will run is emerging. Specifically, whether or not Hillary Clinton will make a third attempt to run for the Oval Office. One of Clinton’s former aids, Mark Penn, penned a column for The Wall Street Journal about how Clinton will make another attempt to […]
Student Government Association has failed students
The Student Government Association’s senators are not doing their job. As someone who was on the Student Government Association’s senate, I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly during my time. Currently, the senate is exhibiting levels of lethargy I have previously not seen.buy clomid online https://www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/fonts/engl/clomid.html no prescription As senators and student […]
Editorial: The importance of Trans Awareness
The conversation regarding transgender individuals has been a hot topic in recent years. With numerous celebrities coming forward and shedding new light on a previously largely undiscussed topic, binary people are slowly coming around to the idea that trans lives matter. Here on USD’s campus, in honor of Trans Awareness Week, Spectrum – USD’s Gender […]
Social media is more than meets the eye
I, like many members of my generation, am addicted to my phone. More specifically, the forms of social media that I can access on my phone. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. Any time we unlock our phones we are immediately sucked into our many social media platforms… but certainly, this can’t be any good, can it? As […]
Black Friday has overshadowed Thanksgiving
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Halloween has passed, the weather’s getting colder, the drinks are getting warmer and our stress levels are becoming higher as we prepare for the holidays and the end of the fall semester. Thanksgiving falls on November 22 this year, a time to eat more than we usually […]
Transgender Awareness Week: students share stories
This week starts Transgender Awareness Week. The Volante interviewed three transgender students, all from South Dakota, to speak about their experiences and how their trans identity affects their lives. William Kayser William Kayser, senior criminal justice major, said that growing up in Sturgis, SD he was masculine so when he transitioned it wasn’t an issue for those […]
SGA host dean’s forum at weekly meeting
USD’s Student Government Association was joined by the eight deans of their respective colleges at their weekly Tuesday meeting. Each dean was able to talk about their college’s success and the issues their college is facing. Senate was then able to ask the deans questions. Thomas Geu, dean of the law school, talked briefly about […]
International Education Week aims to educate community about world hunger and poverty
Alternative Week of Learning (AWOL) and Then Feed Just One are having events during International Education Week which runs from Nov. 12- Nov. 16 to raise awareness for hunger and poverty awareness. The Volante reported that in 2016 Clay County had a food insecurity rate of 16.8 percent. Today, according to the 2016 census the […]
International student brings Hult Prize competition to USD
A USD student will have the chance to participate in the Hult Prize competition, an international social entrepreneurship competition, for the first time this year. The Bill Clinton Initiative and the United Nations have partnered up for the last 10 years to put on the Hult Prize. Each year, Clinton chooses a current social issue […]