2023
The Transfer Portal Creates New Opportunities for Incoming and Outgoing Coyote Athletes
The Transfer Portal has become the new normal for college athletics with more players entering it the last couple of seasons. Let’s take a look at the outgoing and incoming transfers for the football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as of this issue. Football: 10 players exit the Coyotes football team, seven of which […]
Nielson, USD Football Hoping to Bounce Back
It’s been an eventful year for the Coyotes’ football. Most notably in the acquisition of offensive coordinator Josh Davis from South Dakota State and a new starting quarterback in redshirt sophomore Aidan Bouman. But with the spring game complete, all eyes are set on the upcoming fall for USD football. The 2023 season kicks off […]
Williamson Extended Through 2027
Coming off a historic 2022 season in which the Coyotes Volleyball team went 29-4 and even broke the Sanford Coyote Sports Center attendance record with 2,774 people, South Dakota’s volleyball head coach Leanne Williamson has inked a five-year contract extension through the fall of 2027. “I enjoy USD. I like the community and obviously the […]
Editorial: How Does the Job Market Look for Graduates?
Supposedly our college education has prepared us for our future, but now it’s about to be put to the test as the graduating class of 2023 enters the job market for their first post-college job searching. Some of the more popular or well-known majors at the University of South Dakota include business, nursing and other […]
Project-Based Learning in Action
It is evident that every college student has reached their current position by a unique academic path, as learning styles differ drastically between individuals. Progress is assessed in multiple ways, but there are methods that stand out in efficiency. One option is project-based learning, which is an instructional approach meant to engage students in modern […]
Was College Worth It?
As everyone knows, attending college and getting a degree is important for many different reasons. It can increase career stability, there are often more employment opportunities and there is value placed on people who earn a college degree. A college education has become a necessary investment. A lot of jobs now require an advanced education […]
1971 Cold Case from VPD Perspective
The disappearance of Pamela “Pam” Jackson and Cheryl “Sherri” Miller in 1971 which confused Vermillion police for 50 years until 2013 when the girls’ bodies were found in their car. KARE 11 reporter, Lou Raguse, wrote the book, “Vanished in Vermillion,” in response to Pam’s brother-in-law asking for one crime news article for them to […]
Ping Pong Club Finds Their Missing Piece
The Volante published an article in the Feb. 15 issue titled “Ping Pong Club Awaiting One Crucial Thing.” Since its publication, one of The Volante’s readers, Ted Thomas, contacted the paper with the news that he had a ping-pong table he wanted to donate to the club. On April 9, Blake Brown, a graduate student […]
UPD Student Program Implemented on Campus
The University Police Department (UPD) is transitioning into a new program for student workers. Within the past year UPD has taken initiative to start a program called the student security officer, or better known as SSO. The SSO program is for any student who is interested in working for UPD. Bryant Jackson, the UPD police […]
The Sound of USD to be Appearing at Mardi Gras
In Feb. 2024, The Sound of USD will travel to New Orleans, Louisiana, to march in two parades at Mardi Gras. They will be featured in Endymion, which is the largest parade, and Orpheus, which is a newer parade. Mardi Gras has years of cultural history behind the tradition and it brings in millions of […]