September 2020
Busy upcoming week for Vermillion Tanagers high school athletics
Football: Following the Tanagers’ dominant season opener win against the Belle Fourche Broncos, they faced the Tea Titans in an away game Friday, Sept. 4. However, the Tanagers’ were unable to match the previous week’s performance and fell 54-0 to the Titans. The Tanagers allowed the Titans a total of 471 yards of total offense. […]
Students reflect on their personal experiences with COVID-19
The effects of COVID have rippled throughout campus, but they have looked different for every student. For some students, the virus has been a looming threat with little meaning in their lives, but for others, it has changed their life. Freshman Brooke Loutsch’s uncle contracted COVID from his job at the Tyson Foods plant. He then passed it onto Loutsch’s aunt. Loutsch […]
Floating World in Fine Arts Gallery
Throughout the summer, six artists came together and created a world from scratch. The Floating World is featured in the John A. Day Gallery now until Oct. 9. Amy Fill, Director of the University Art Galleries and one of the six artists, said much of the inspiration for this gallery comes from Japanese art prints […]
Changing course schedules to create academic success
While the COVID-19 pandemic swiftly affected the fall competition season for hundreds of South Dakota student-athletes, it also brought an abrupt change to their academic course schedule for this fall. Within the add/drop period, student athlete academic advisors — like Colleen Evans — worked with over 100 student athletes to change their school schedules due […]
Musical theater set to take stage virtually this season
The musical theater department, like all departments on campus, made accommodations this semester to provide a safer environment for their faculty and students. By taking all the necessary precautions, they have made coming back to school for students and faculty as comfortable as they can. Camille Cook, a junior musical theater major, said she is […]
“Trinkets” on Netflix is new, insightful
Starting a new TV show that has six seasons already out is very daunting. So when I find a new show with shorter episodes, up-and-coming actors and a story I haven’t seen before — it sounds great to me. “Trinkets” is about three girls who wouldn’t have become friends, but did after they all ended […]
‘Now is the time to educate’: CWC hosts BLM march
Story by: Miles Amende & Chloe Fullenkamp The Cultural Wellness Coalition hosted the Justice for Black Lives March on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Participants marched from the DakotaDome down University street and up to Slagle Hall, where CWC members spoke about the importance of the demonstration. Marcus Destin, CWC co-president, said the rally was held to […]
SGA swears in senators, questions President Gestring
In its first in-person meeting of the semester, the USD Student Government Association swore in two new senators — Carter Linke and Caleb Weiland. The body also hosted University President Sheila Gestring and USD COVID-19 task force head Kevin O’Kelley. President Gestring spoke about the completion of the DakotaDome renovation and the continuing renovation of […]
Vermillion bars close early, hope to slow spread of COVID-19
Last week, Vermillion bar owners met to discuss what they could do to slow down the spread of COVID-19. The result — all bars closed at 10 p.m. from Aug. 28 through Aug. 30. Nate Welch, president and CEO of the Vermillion Chamber and Development Company, said bar owners came together because they found information […]
Show up for Black Lives Matter
The United States is going through a lot right now. A tight presidential race, a spiraling out of control pandemic that is averaging 945 deaths per day, and boiling over racial tensions. On top of that, many students across the country are going back to school, sports are cautiously starting up again and it feels […]