January 2020
Student Government Association announces new senators, food pantry program, military memorial
The Student Government Association saw three teams announce candidacies for President and Vice President for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters. The teams are Katie Brust and Erin Weightman, Carter Larson and Abuk Jiel and Blake Brown and Carissa Occhipinto. Several senators were sworn in at the meeting: Isis Johnson, Armand Khan, Brayden Case, […]
Coyotes host senior day inter-squad meet
Blizzard-like conditions prevented Iowa Central Community College from traveling to Vermillion for USD’s senior day swim and dive meet on Saturday, but USD’s team decided to perform an inter-squad meet in place of the originally scheduled competition. The meet is the only one held in Vermillion this school year and with Iowa Central CC not […]
Three members of USD Rugby team play in All Star Championship
Three members of the USD women’s rugby team were selected to compete as a part of the Prairie State WCRC at the 2020 NSCRO Women’s 7’s All-Star Championships. The Prairie States took home the third-place trophy after two days of competition. The tournament was held at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida Jan. 18 and […]
Safety first: Commuting in the winter weather
Jack Frost visited Vermillion over the long weekend, and with the fresh layer of snow covering the town, professors had to decide whether to risk the weather or cancel classes. Classes were not canceled at a university level, but for Sydney Evans, a graduate assistant in the English department, and other commuting professors, safety was […]
Yotes For Life, SFRR use films to discuss abortion
Students For Reproductive Rights (SFRR) and Yotes For Life are using the big screen to express their opinions to USD’s students and the Vermillion community. SFRR President Krista Honomichl said the group partnered up with Med Students For Choice in the showing of the 2016 documentary “Trapped” last Monday. Prior to the documentary showing, SFRR […]
Coyotes on the Climb
The USD women’s basketball team made program history by reaching the top 25 in the AP Top 25 poll and USA Today/Coaches Poll on Feb. 11 and 12 of 2019 for the first time in Division I history. Now, nearly one year later, the team is still reaching new heights. Tuesday afternoon the latest Coaches […]
Trio of Coyote seniors reach career milestone
USD men’s head basketball coach Todd Lee sat down for Sunday’s press conference following the Coyotes’ 99-84 win over South Dakota State visibly wet, but it wasn’t from sweat. “Total team win,” Lee said. “Hags (Tyler Hagedorn) gets to 1,000 points and that’s why I’m soaked. Because they (the team) gave Hagedorn a bath or […]
USD Opera Hosting “Death by Aria and Chocolate” Fundraising Gala
“Death by Aria and Chocolate” is not a traditional pairing, but thanks to the new USD Opera program, those unversed in the world of opera will learn what this means over dinner, wine and dessert. The USD Opera program, along with the College of Fine Arts and the new Friends of USD Opera guild, is […]
Symplicity, online dating style app for job searches comes to USD’s ACPC
The search for a job or internship can be challenging for students who are trying to balance their search with classes and extracuricular activities. However, now USD’s Academic and Career Planning Center has a new application to help students navigate their way through this process. Heather Johnson, the Assistant Director of the Academic and Career […]
The FA needs more funding
The Fine Arts building is a place that supports the minds of many creative people, however, there are many flaws that tend to draw away from that creativity. This is ultimately why the FA needs to increase its funding, to improve the conditions of the building and increase the ease of being imaginative and creative. […]