2018
Spirit Squad provides opportunity for fan engagement
The cheer team, Charlie Coyote and the dance program are all part of the Spirit Squad organized by Brooke Poppe, the new coordinator of spirit teams and programming. Poppe started in this new position last Thursday, and said she accepted the position because it offered the most pride for students. “With the basketball team doing […]
USD Student sings national anthem in Lakota
Spectators were speechless as Steven Wilson sang the national anthem in his native language of Lakota at the Women’s National Invitation Tournament Sweet 16 game on Saturday in the Sanford Coyote Sport Center. Wilson, a first-year medical biology major at USD, has been singing the national anthem in Lakota since he was a junior in high […]
National Music Museum plans on renovation, expansion
The National Music Museum (NMM) has gotten the green-light for their planned expansion following the passage of House Bill 1065. NMM plans to move forward to add 16,000 square feet to the already in place Carnegie Building. This space will be used to add two floors plus an underground level. The proposal for expansion was […]
USD Mock Trial competes in Memphis
The USD Mock Trial team made it to the final round in the Opening Round Championship Series (ORCS) competition in Memphis, Tennessee this weekend, concluding their spring competitive season. At the ORCS competition, the team competed against the University of California-Berkeley and Rhodes College. The USD team qualified for ORCS out of their regional competition […]
Festival of Nations honors diversity, culture
The MUC Ballroom was filled with food, dancing, singing and laughter on Sunday night. The International Club hosted their annual Festival of Nations event that brought students, faculty and community members together with the purpose of celebrating culture from all over the world. In years past, the event has had an average turnout of 200 […]
Player of the Pack: Isaac Morris
Isaac Morris is a sophomore diver on the swimming and diving team majoring in graphic design. Cheyenne Alexis: Can you talk about your success this season? Isaac Morris: It was a lot of hard work and a lot of fun. CA: How was it making NCAA championships? IM: Zones was a lot of fun, it was really hard. There […]
TCU ends Coyote’s post season play in WNIT quarterfinal game
The Sanford Coyote Sports Center was filled with Coyote fans on Sunday night cheering on the women’s basketball team. In the Women’s National Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game, the Coyotes (29-6) faced Texas Christian University (22-12) to determine which team would continue to the semifinal game on Wednesday. The Coyotes tried to hold on, but lost […]
Craig Smith to leave USD for Utah State
Head coach Craig Smith has accepted the head coaching position at Utah State, according to the Argus Leader. Smith started at USD in 2014. In his four seasons with the Coyotes, Smith has won their first Summit League regular season title in 2016-17, Summit League Coach of the Year and earned the Coyotes their first […]
Danny Rambo Jr. pleads guilty in sexual assault case
A former USD football player arrested last fall on rape charges has pleaded guilty. Danny Rambo Jr. pleaded guilty on Feb. 9 with a class one misdemeanor for sexual content without consent with a person incapable of consenting. Rambo was originally charged with one count of second-degree rape. Rambo will serve 10 days in jail starting Nov. […]
‘Enough Is Enough:’ March For Our Lives brings up gun regulation, school safety issues
Hundreds of Vermillion residents, K-12 and USD students and educators alike marched on Main Street on Saturday afternoon. This march was one of hundreds of sister marches across the country in support of victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., as well as the Great Mills High School shooting in […]