SDBOR updates policies regarding harassment, SGA funding
The South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) updated policies in December which will take effect in March. These policies include 1:17 “Harassment including Sexual Harassment” and 3:18 “Recognition and Funding of Student Organizations.” SDBOR Policy 1:17 Before the update, this policy, determining “Harassment including Sexual Harassment,” defined harassment as: “Conduct toward another person that has […]
USD athletics hires new director of video production
USD athletics welcomed their new director of video production, Kelsey Bathke, to the program on Jan. 31. Bathke spent the last three years at the University of Maryland as a production assistant and then assistant director of video production. Before Maryland, Bathke graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2015, creating content for their women’s […]
Sheila Gestring inaugurated as USD’s 18th president
The University of South Dakota celebrated the inauguration of its 18th president, Sheila K. Gestring, in Aalfs Auditorium Wednesday afternoon. In her inaugural address, Gestring spoke of the first students of USD, the Discovery District in Sioux Falls and the importance of Liberal Arts education. “All of us who have dedicated our lives to education […]
Q&A: AD Dave Herbster reacts to USD women’s AP Top 25 ranking
On Monday, USD women’s basketball appeared on the AP Top 25 poll for the first time in school history. The Coyotes had recieved votes since Dec. 3rd, and in that time beat two top-25 teams in Iowa State and Missouri. Here’s what Athletic Director David Herbster on the historical moment, Coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s coaching style, […]
Completing the thesis: Behind the Honors program’s featured research studies
For Krista Honomichl, completing the Honors thesis requires a full deck of cards. The junior criminal science and political science double major is centering her study on the effects of winning on rape empathy—how power reflects empathy in cases of sexual assault. “We know from other studies that people from social power often times accept […]
USD drops fourth straight game, falls to Oral Roberts 86-72
Arms crossed in front of his bench, USD head coach Todd Lee watched Oral Roberts freshman forward Kevin Obanor take another game from the Coyotes. Obanor scored 24 points (8-12, 2-4 3pt) and 14 rebounds in an 86-72 win over USD in the Sanford Coyotes Sports Center Sunday afternoon. It was an encore to the […]
Player of the Pack: Maddie Lavin
Maddie Lavin is a freshman biology major from Vermillion, SD. Lavin competes on the cross country, swim and track teams. Austin Lammers: What is it like going to college in the town you were raised? Maddie Lavin: USD feels a lot different than the Vermillion I grew up in. It’s kind of its own separate […]
Death of USD student announced
USD student Kali Teasley passed away at Sanford Vermillion Medical Center Friday morning. Kali Teasley, 24, was a 2018 graduate and graduate student in USD’s doctoral program, specializing in audiology. Teasley was born in Great Falls, Mont. The cause of death was not announced. Visitation will be Feb. 8 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30. p.m. at Chamberlain […]
Slaughter and Wiedenfeld join Coyote volleyball, acclimate to Vermillion
Exactly two months ago, the most successful season in USD volleyball history concluded in the first round of the NCAA tournament, twelve days after the Coyotes upset top-seeded Denver to earn their first appearance to the big dance. To add to 2018’s good fortune, the team received more news before the turn of the year: […]
Coyotes go cold in second half, fall to Western Illinois
The Vermillion chill seeped into the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Saturday night, where a seven-minute scoring hiatus from the Coyote men’s basketball team ended in a 65-59 loss to Western Illinois. Junior Triston Simpson led all scorers with 17 points on 6-for-13 shooting and added six rebounds. Senior Trey Burch-Manning, in his first home game […]