Player of the Pack: Chris Nilsen
Chris Nilsen is a freshman pole vaulter on the track and field team. Clay Conover: What do you think about international recruiting? Chris Nilsen: I think it’s one part unfair because you can recruit someone from another country as a 22-year-old and they’ll come in as a freshman. They have eligibility for another four of five years, […]
Women’s golf team finishes fourth at Bradley Invitiational
The rain in Peoria, Illinois didn’t stop the women’s golf team from having a successful weekend. The team placed fourth out of 11 teams at the Bradley Invitational in Peoria, held Saturday and Sunday at the WeaverRidge Golf Club. USD’s senior Brenna Lervick finished in a tie for second place, shooting one-under par with 71 […]
Community and leadership drives USD men’s golf team
Leadership is a factor in many sports, and though most wouldn’t expect golf to be among them, it’s the driving force behind the USD men’s golf team. The Coyotes have continued to excel in the Summit League this season with the lowest average scorers in the league. The team’s success is due in large part to the […]
Schedules present challenges for athletes
At 6 a.m., while many students on campus are still asleep, most USD student-athletes are already awake and practicing. Practices are held early to accommodate the student-athletes’ busy schedules. Even in the offseason, athletes can face 20 hours of practicing a week. “Right now we are in our offseason. It’s our spring season so we […]
Fewer USD law students are passing the bar exam
Only three weeks into spring semester, USD School of Law students are preparing for the bar exam. The law school has seen a relatively low passage rate of the bar exam passage in recent years. Historically, passage rates for the bar, the test lawyers are required to pass to practice law, have been as high […]
New Dakota Days video garners more than 23,000 views
The 2015 Dakota Days video spread across the country like wildfire, garnering immense popularity. This year’s Dakota Days video, however, has been even more popular according to its creator, reaching 500 retweets in less than 24 hours. The sequel video, produced by USD graduate Byron Banasiak, was filmed over the course of the week of Dakota […]
Local elections too close to call
Parroting the presidential election, some local elections in South Dakota were also too close to call Wednesday morning. There were two State House of Representatives seats for which candidates ran for in District 17, which includes Clay and Turner County. Four candidates ran for the seats. The district also elected a state senator. There are […]
CDC programs see increasing engagement
The Center for Diversity & Community has been working to provide services for students of marginalized communities for two years now, but has lately seen an increase in engagement and activity, according to CDC officials. “When I came in 2014 to open the Center for Diversity and Community, it was myself and two graduate assistants […]
$300,000 Department of Justice grant to help combat sexual assault at USD
A recently received $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will soon help to combat sexual assault with the It’s On Us campaign at USD. The grant money will be used to hire a project coordinator, who will be housed in student services under Kim Grieve, the dean of students and vice president of […]
USD alumnus creating second Dakota Days video
Garnering more than 69,000 views on YouTube and landing USD on party websites across the web, senior Byron Banasiak’s coproduced Dakota Days video last year documented the crazy and drunken escapades of college students during the university’s homecoming week. This year, Banasiak, now an alumnus, was back behind the camera filming for a new Dakota […]