2021
Charlie Grams return in time for Valentine’s Day
Charlie’s Bookstore is bringing the love to students this Valentine’s Day with their revamped Charlie Grams. Cassie Schoenhard, Charlie’s Marketing and Retail Operations Graduate Assistant, said this year was a new start for Charlie Grams. “We really wanted to bring back Charlie Grams since we didn’t do them last year,” Schoenhard said, “We really wanted […]
Rachel Review: Malcom & Marie
The film “Malcolm & Marie” was released on Netflix over the weekend. Although it is complicated and kind of difficult to watch at times, it is the right film to help start a conversation about toxic relationships or to follow this years award season. The film follows Malcolm and Marie who just arrived back home […]
USD student stays ‘Never Offended Always Humble’
Marcus Destin is a senior at USD studying Communications as well as minoring in Multicultural Studies. Recently, the 25 year old has made his own mark starting a new business and podcast. Destin is the Co-owner of the business Never Offended Always Humble (N.O.A.H) alongside his brother, Stefan. Destin said their business offers a variety […]
Running beyond a school record
Hailing from Hartington, Nebraska freshman sprinter Sara Reifenrath broke the USD 200 meter school record clocking in at 24.07 at the Dakota Quad Classic in Fargo last weekend. This time set her as 25th in the nation for this season in the 200 meters. Breaking that record was an early season goal for Reiefenrath, but […]
Superstition vs Tradition
Despite humans being an intelligent species, we still believe in luck and omens. Superstitions are supernatural things with good and bad luck. Everyone has some superstition, myth or wives’ tale that they follow. It doesn’t matter if they believe it or not, they follow because of the possibility it might be true. Couples should do […]
Gallagher Center finds new way to keep students involved
On Wednesday Feb. 3 the Gallagher Center hosted a Study Away Expo for all to come learn about their programs. The Expo was held in the Muenster University Center ball room and had several tables set up with different programs for students interested to learn about and ask questions. Study Abroad and national student exchange […]
Clarinet masterclass: Learning how to enjoy the music
The Music Department has been hosting Clarinet Day since 2016 where students are able to learn new things from teachers from across the country. However, due to COVID-19, the event has changed and will now be entirely online, spanning the course of a couple months. Dr. Luis Viquez, the director of orchestras and assistant professor of clarinets at USD, is […]
How the Cook House finds methods to help students
COVID-19 has changed how counseling looks on campus and has even given students a new app to use to help with their mental health. Michele Turner, a staff counselor, said that even with the struggles of COVID, The Cook House offers one-on-one counseling, group counseling, crisis intervention, consultation, education and prevention services. “The biggest change with […]
Zero Waste Super Bowl
As the 55th Super Bowl arrived, I was reminded of a social studies class in middle school when I watched a video on the amount of popcorn Americans ate on the day of the Super Bowl. It was a crazy statistic of several times around the Earth! This made me wonder how much waste the […]
Vermillion Public Library holds presentations virtually
The Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library has adapted its programming over the past year to the constraints on in-person gathering during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. One way this has been done is by doing presentations like last Friday’s “Lunch and Learn” on the 1862 US-Dakota War over Zoom. Rachelle Langdon, programming coordinator at the […]