February 10th, 2015104The amount of sexually transmitted diseases has risen in South Dakota, but local professors and students are trying to get a better understanding of how these diseases work. The South Dakota Department of Health's December 2014 Health and Disease Summary reported a 25 percent increase in chlamydia, a 41 percent increase in gonorrhea,...
February 4th, 2015347Ernetta Fox didn’t originally intend to work with Disability Services. The current department director graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in theatre. After teaching at a university in Texas, she moved back to Vermillion to care for her mother, who was disabled From there, she transitioned into working...
December 9th, 201438Biology graduate student Gretchen Newberry didn’t choose the easiest subject for her dissertation. Newberry is studying the Common Nighthawk, a nocturnal bird that has seen a recent decline in numbers and a changing habitat. The Common Nighthawk traditionally lived in grasslands, but as more grasslands have been converted into...
November 18th, 2014128Plans to bring a fifth sorority to the University of South Dakota have been axed for another year. USD’s Panhellenic Council voted against adding a new sorority Nov. 10. After consulting with their national organizations, there was a unanimous “no” vote, ending the conversation on an extension for this year, with each sorority...
November 18th, 201486A University of South Dakota fraternity plans to go the extra mile, plus quite a few more, for a longstanding rivalry in the name of charity. Men from Lambda Chi Alpha will collectively run more than 130 miles Friday and Saturday as they relay a football from the DakotaDome to the Coughlin-Alumni Stadium in Brookings. The run will...
November 7th, 201445Theater students have their eyes on the Big Apple. Come spring break in March, seven of them will travel to New York City as part of the College Showcase Connection, where they will undergo three days of auditions and workshops. “Our students are getting exposure to workshops at a broad range of professional opportunities in the...
November 4th, 201474Sophomores Emily Hattouni and Jade Fostvedt love to read so much that one of the first things they wanted to do their first year of college was join the campus book club. The only problem was the university didn’t have one. So the two found out how to start a club and went door to door on their floor to find members. “We...
November 3rd, 201447Voters in District 17 will have two options for the Senate race heading into the Nov. 4 election. Democrat Michelle Maloney and Republican Arthur Rusch are running for the open South Dakota Senate seat. Democratic incumbent Tom Jones is not running for re-election. Candidates are listed below in alphabetical order. Michelle...
November 2nd, 201454In the District 17 race for the state House of Representatives, voters may expect a mix of familiar and new faces. Democrats Ray Ring and Marion Sorlien, and Republicans Sheri Kaufman and Nancy Rasmussen are running for two seats in the South Dakota House of Representatives. Ring and Rasmussen are the incumbent...
