AWOL offers day of service for students

Alternative Week of Off-campus Learning (AWOL) hosted a Martin Luther King Jr. day of service Monday, Jan. 17 at local organizations who needed assistance. The event was much smaller than previous events due to COVID-19 and organizations wanting to protect themselves and others. In total there were 15 or so students who split into two […]

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USD dance team makes program history competing at Nationals

The USD dance team escaped the winter weather hitting Vermillion and hopped a plane to Orlando, Florida.  This trip to the Universal Dance Association (UDA) College Dance Team National Championships was the first time in program history that the USD dance team has competed.  In past seasons, the USD dance program hasn’t had enough members […]

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USD professors perform Ragtime for students and community

The Dakota Ragtime Trio performed at the Colton Recital Hall on Jan. 18. The trio is made up of three professors from the University of South Dakota’s music department. Darin Wadley, Director of Percussion Studies, plays the xylophone, Luis Viquez, Director of Orchestras, plays the clarinet and Todd Cranson, Director of Athletic Bands, plays the […]

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Vermillion Protect Trans Kids Rally follows new SD legislation

The Vermillion Protect Trans Kids Rally was held on Jan. 16 at the Platz. The event was hosted by the South Dakota Transformation Project Trans Advocacy Program calling to protect trans people amidst new South Dakota legislation of HB 1005, HB 1006 and SB 46.  The event was a collaborative statewide effort by the ACLU […]

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