September 2020
Tipping is essential, quit acting like it isn’t
In South Dakota, the minimum wage was recently increased to $9.30 an hour, just over two dollars more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25. $9.30 still isn’t high enough but compared to other Midwest states, it’s not bad. But that’s not the point here. Employees deemed as “tipped employees” can be paid as little […]
CDC hosts first students of color panel
The Center for Community and Diversity (CDC) hosted its first Students of Color Panel to discuss issues stemming from systemic racism both on and off campus. Panelists answered prepared questions as well as audience questions from in the room and from the event’s Facebook Livestream. Ashley Charlie, the moderator of the event, said these issues […]
Climate Change is happening
The infamous “think about your children and grandchildren” trope is out. Climate change is here and there’s very little time to reverse its effects. Pressuring people to think about their children and grandchildren should’ve been used 50 or 60 years ago. The children of Generation Z are the ones you should’ve been thinking of. Gen […]
USD Swim and Dive prepare for season with intrasquad meet
USD’s swimming and diving teams had their 2019-20 season come to an early end due to COVID-19, but the team made their return to the pool Saturday for an intrasquad meet to kick off the new season. The Red vs. White intrasquad meet held in the DakotaDome pool was live-streamed for parents and fans to […]
USD sets record retention rate, sees slight decline in new enrollment
USD saw growth in new graduate student enrollment and a record number of returning students, in addition to a small decline in total new student enrollment this semester. Total enrollment declined by 4.6%. Part-time students declined by 9.2% while full-time students declined by 1.9%. This means that USD’s core student population was largely unchanged. This […]
Conference on Response to Child Abuse to be held virtually
The Community Response to Child Abuse Conference will be held virtually Sept 30-Oct.1 and registration is free for those who work in schools. The 20th annual conference is sponsored by the Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment at USD, South Dakota’s Unified Judicial System Court Improvement Program and others. The conference for 2020 includes […]
Is social media ruining relationships?
Technology is forever revolving around the world and it can be a powerful tool. Nowadays people are worried about their relationships because of social media. Social media is a very popular platform used to express one’s feelings, opportunities, adventures and many more factors. These factors help tell the public our interest and who are important […]
Building your pack
As we head into the next phases of our lives, we will embark on new paths that lead us to different groups of people, different areas of the world and spark different career and life motivations. Along that path a key component to our success that most of us take for granted is our network. […]
What is D-Days without football?
USD’s homecoming celebration, Dakota Days, usually starts with royalty finalists being announced and wraps up with the D-Days football game on Saturday. With no football game, what is homecoming all about? Homecoming is not dependent on the football game being played, however it is a large part of the celebration. The game, parade, street dance […]
‘A hobby that got out of hand’: Valiant Vineyard shares Vermillion history through wine
In 1993, Eldon and Sherry Nygaard moved to the farm Eldon Nygaard grew up on, near Viborg, South Dakota. The farm consists of mainly hay, soybeans and corn. However, two acres of their farm is dedicated to grapes. The couple later decided they wanted to open a winery similar to Dundee Hills winery and vineyard, […]