USD law professor opposes Donald Trump’s attorney general pick
More than 1,400 law professors from across the United States have signed an open letter urging the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to block Donald Trump’s nomination for attorney general. USD law professor Sean Kammer was the only signatory from South Dakota. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions was nominated by President Trump on Nov. 18 to […]
Sexually transmitted infection rates on the rise in South Dakota
Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in South Dakota, according to the South Dakota Department of Health in a yearly infectious disease report. STIs are infections that can be transferred person-to-person through sexual contact. This includes vaginal, anal, and oral sex. Comparing year-to-date data on new cases to the five-year median between 2011 and 2015, […]
CDC hosts large Día de los Muertos celebration Monday night
While many students celebrated Halloween on Oct. 31, others celebrated Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, a popular holiday in Mexico, Latin America and parts of the United States that celebrate the lives of deceased family members. USD’s Día de los Muertos celebration was organized by the Center for Diversity & […]
Students battle it out in North Complex laser tag event
North Complex was a battleground Wednesday night as students armed with laser guns ducked behind cover while trying to take out opponents. Students gathered to enjoy a friendly battle of laser tag hosted by the Laser Barn in the Beede-Mickleson basement. During the event, students could team up, betray, and “kill” others. One of the competitors, junior, […]
Local Halloween-themed entertainment options available for students
With Halloween right around the corner, many students are trying to find ways to celebrate the holiday. Many watch horror movies throughout October, but some go to haunted houses and corn mazes to immerse themselves in the horror. Fraternity and sorority haunted house Lambda Chi Alpha has hosted a haunted house for more than 50 […]
Community members, USD students prepares for flu season
As autumn comes into full swing, flu season comes along with it. Flu season starts in October lasting until March, sometimes as late as May, said Art Pepper, a nurse practitioner at Sanford. “Flu season starts because of the cold weather,” Pepper said. “People stay indoors and are in close proximity of each other, […]
Students hope to find dark matter in underground lab
USD professors and graduate students are working to find the driving force of the galaxy. Students are working at The Large Underground Xenon (LUX), a dark matter collaboration that is hoping to detect dark matter particles. The LUX laboratory is located nearly a mile underground in the old Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota. USD […]
Wellness Coalition brings awareness to binge drinking with new program
With a presentation titled “Cocktails and Camelbaks, members of the Wellness Coalition are taking a new approach in educating students about the dangers of underage drinking by going where they’ve never gone before: the residence halls. On Monday evening, the Coalition, which aims to advance behavioral health and wellness for USD students through prevention […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist visits USD
An image is said to be worth 1,000 words, but for one community photojournalist it was also worth the Pultizer Prize. Robert Cohen, a Pulitzer-Prize winning community photojournalist, visited USD last Thursday. Cohen, an employee of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, won his Pulitzer for his photographic coverage of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death […]
National journalist brings the power of Great Groups to USD
Former USD student, Paul Glader, director of the McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute and former writer at the Wall Street Journal gave a speech on Great Groups and their effect on the world at large Tuesday night. Glader focused on the power of groups of creative individuals. When these groups get together, they can often find […]