2018
Column: Key Injuries hurting NFL teams
Many notable NFL athletes suffered season-ending injuries in 2017, a trend that has carried over into the 2018 NFL season. In week three of the season, many players went down with injuries. One of the most notable injuries was suffered this week by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. NFL writer Marc Sessler reported that […]
Player of the Pack: Coral Suarez
Coral Suarez is a senior nursing major and goalkeeper on the soccer team from Thousand Oaks, Calif. Austin Lammers: What’s the one thing you miss most about California? Coral Suarez: I would say the beaches. And the constant 75-80 degree weather. AL: If you weren’t a goalkeeper, what other position would you be most confident […]
Minors expand students’ education
Minors acquired at USD are not added to a student’s diploma, but rather put into account on an academic transcript. The college of arts and sciences is the only college that requires all of its students to have either a minor or a second major. John Dudley, associate dean of the college of arts & […]
Zanin’s Top Ten goal not enough to top UMKC
USD women’s soccer split games last week, beating New Mexico State on Thursday and losing a close Senior Day game to UMKC on Sunday. Senior Taryn LaBree scored a pair of goals in the 3-0 win in Las Cruces, N.M. The victory was the Coyotes’ third in a row and pushed the Coyotes past last […]
Tapingo wait times lengthen as popularity increases
Wait times have substantially increased one year after the introduction of the Tapingo app at USD. Aramark contributes lengthy wait times to a growth in popularity on campus, at times even tripling last years average numbers. For example, on Sept. 17 there were 1,354 orders. In an email interview with The Volante, Stacy Kauer, Aramark’s marketing coordinator, […]
Malt beverage tax benefits city with Prentis Park improvements
The City of Vermillion has used the markup of the sale of malt beverages to fund various recreation improvements in Prentis Park. In South Dakota, cities are allowed to markup the sale of malt beverages by a total of 5 percent. Vermillion implemented this new markup July 1, 2015. In 2015, the city brought in […]
National Music Museum prepares to close for expansion Oct. 7
The National Music Museum (NMM) will close its doors to the public on Oct. 7, in order to prepare for upcoming expansions. The construction will officially begin in June 2019 and is planned to be completed in Dec. 2020. The expansion will include additional gallery space, a permanent temporary exhibit gallery, a new concert hall, […]
USD Volleyball opens Summit League play
USD Volleyball opened Summit League play with road wins over North Dakota State on Friday and Oral Roberts on Sunday. USD entered Fargo, North Dakota with a five-game losing streak, but turned things around, beating North Dakota State with the set scores 25-12, 23-25, 21-25, 25-17 and 15-9. The win pushed their record to 7-6 […]
Nylund wins singles at Gopher Invitational
Junior Nanette Nylund remains undefeated, winning all three of her matches at the University of Minnesota’s Gopher Invitational last weekend. Nylund went 3-0 in the flight G singles as she secured her wins over North Dakota’s Alex Revenig (6-4, 7-5), Northern Iowa’s Olivia Fain (6-3, 4-6, 6-1), and Iowa State’s Karen Alvarez (2-6, 6-2, 6-2). The rest of the […]
People of the Pack: Sydney Novak
Sydney Novak is a first-year health services administration major from Viborg, SD. Sara Cappiello: What are you involved in on campus? Sydney Novak: I’m intramural sports and the honors program. I play volleyball and play flag football. Our team is really bad but it’s fun. SC: What have you enjoyed the most about going to […]