August 2021
SGA hosts semester’s first meeting
SGA held their first meeting on Aug 31, 2021. David Herbster, the University of South Dakota’s Athletic Director, spoke as a special guest. Vice President of Student Services and Dean of Students, Kimberly Grieve, gave the Advisor Report. Herbster emphasized the need for tailgating before games this year, which is a social gathering taking place […]
CAB hosts first concert since 2019
After a year without concerts at USD, musical artist Waka Flocka Flame burst onto the scene at the Sanford Coyotes Sports Center stage on Sunday night. The event was a revival of the Campus Activity Board’s annual fall concert, the first since the Plain White T’s performed in 2019. Kate Solberg, president of CAB, said […]
Ten USD Sports Events To See This Year
With a lift on COVID-19 restrictions, the USD athletic department is looking at a more normal schedule for this season. With a return to non-conference schedules, full capacity events and regular scheduling, there are a lot of events fans won’t want to miss. USD Football @ Kansas Last season, the Coyotes were supposed to open […]
Café Brulé struggles to keep staff amid pandemic
Café Brulé has been coping with a shortage of labor, as well as issues related to COVID-19 for the past year and specifically past three months. Monica Iverson and James (Jim) Waters are co-owners of Café Brulé and Dakota Brickhouse. Both Iverson and Waters said they have never worked harder in the last 10 years […]
Coyote soccer off to a rollercoaster start
The Coyote soccer team is coming off the 2021 spring season, where they made the Summit League Tournament and fell in the opening round. After a trio of exhibition games, the Coyotes got their season underway Aug. 21 with a 1-0 win over Northern State, followed by a 0-0 tie at Colorado State Thursday and […]
Volleyball set to defend Summit League Title
By Tavin Carncross The USD Volleyball team is coming off a strong spring season where the Coyotes won the Summit League Tournament Title and made an NCAA Tournament appearance. The Coyotes were scheduled to get the 2021 season underway last weekend, but due to COVID-19 protocols, the team’s first three games of the season in […]
USD, Sanford host Vaccination Drive as students return to campus
During the first week of classes, USD and Sanford Health partnered to host a vaccination drive open to all students, staff and community members in Vermillion. The vaccination drive was held for a few hours each day in a building on campus, with 100 vaccines being administered. “(The drive) went reasonably well,” USD Assistant Vice […]
SGA returns with new faces
SGA began the first of its weekly meetings Tuesday. SGA will likely continue to face problems with COVID-19 in addition to its usual legislation. Katie Brust, the SGA Vice President, said she was looking forward to how young the senate is compared to previous years. “I think that with COVID in particular, a lot of […]
Greek Life begins new year, new policies
As USD students begin their first few weeks of classes, some among them have been busy getting involved in Greek Life. For returning students, this means looking forward to social and service events that were previously cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. For new members, it’s a chance to see what Greek Life has to offer. […]
Coming together after a storm
The city of Lennox was hit by a tornado on Saturday, Aug. 28, and just like people would expect of a small-town, people came together to clean up the mess. Trees had fallen into the streets and on houses. Roofs were torn off sheds near the industrial area of the town. The cemetery and golf […]