My first year was quite the experience. As with most graduated high school students, I was excited to move on to the next chapter in life – attend college. I was counting down the days on the first day of senior year. I participated in the USD marching band, which was a great opportunity for […]

USD Confessions has become a popular Facebook page over the last month. Students like the page and get to see their peer’s deepest secrets. Some are funny, some are sad and some are just plain disgusting. I believe USD Confessions has its positives but also carries some negatives. The positives can be found in the […]

When I was younger, I never saw my dad cry. The night he found out about my attraction to the same sex was the first night he ever did. He kept me up until all hours of the night crying and praying that I could “change” and become his innocent son he had before all […]

Being in marching and pep band, I attend a lot of the University of South Dakota athletic events. I had always envisioned these events to be full of energy and have a lot of support from the student body. However, I have found this to be quite the opposite. At the basketball games, there was […]

The University of South Dakota would benefit from gender-neutral housing, because it would allow transgendered individuals the comfort of living with the sex they feel most comfortable with. When I first applied to USD, I was most excited about the dorm life. I was ready to interact with new people from all around the region […]