Social media minor addition coming in fall 2014
“If you build it, they will come” may have worked for Kevin Costner with his corn patch-turned-baseball diamond, but this strategy will not cut it for businesses to reach out to customers on social media. To combat poor social media strategy, a new social media marketing minor will be offered starting in fall 2014 through […]
Stigma of assault: Campus SaVE Act requires procedural changes by March
The 2013 Clery report for the University of South Dakota documents four reported forcible sex offenses on campus in 2012. What is a forcible sex offense? In the past 12 months, Sandie Sullivan estimates 10 to 15 students have reported their own accounts of sexual assault, not to mention anonymous phone calls received by her […]
Questionnaire suggests advice to college rape victims is biased by gender
With the addition of the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, University of South Dakota Associate Professor Yumi Suzuki is stirring interest in sexual assault on campus with research she is pursuing at the university.buy lasix online http://pmilv.com/wp-content/languages/new/cheap/lasix.html no prescription Suzuki sent out a survey questionnaire to undergraduates in late September “designed to measure young people’s […]
No more butts about it: USD smoking ban looms
First, they came for the smoking urns. Joining the ranks of approximately 826 other colleges and universities in the U.S., the University of South Dakota’s smoke-free campus policy will be out in full force Jan. 9 — posters, decals and all. With the bright red smoking urns being removed, students will return to a USD […]
Time to find a voice: Act brings sexual assault to forefront
It’s estimated between one-quarter and one-fifth of female students experience sexual assault within a four-year college period. But a more sobering reality is of those incidents of sexual violence, 95 percent of victims never report the crime, according to a 2000 Bureau of Justice Statistics/Department of Justice study. Although the University of South Dakota, along […]
Staben accepts presidency at University of Idaho
Provost Chuck Staben will depart from Vermillion Feb. 15 as he transitions to his newly-appointed position as president of the University of Idaho, said University of South Dakota President James Abbott Monday. “Losing an important member of USD’s executive community is always bittersweet, but I can’t help but be happy for him,” Abbott said. In […]
Editor’s column: Unverified sources found in Volante
As journalists representing “The Students’ Voice since 1887” at the University of South Dakota, our sole purpose in the newsroom is to provide our readers with honest, fair and accurate news. But last week, questionable sources arose in multiple articles written by one Volante reporter, potentially violating the newspaper’s Code of Ethics by distorting the […]
Editor’s column: Unverified sources found in Volante
As journalists representing “The Students’ Voice since 1887” at the University of South Dakota, our sole purpose in the newsroom is to provide our readers with honest, fair and accurate news. But last week, questionable sources arose in multiple articles written by one Volante reporter, potentially violating the newspaper’s Code of Ethics by distorting the […]
VPD denies open record request in reported assault
The Vermillion Police Department denied a formal open records request Tuesday submitted by The Volante for the initial incident report from an alleged sexual assault in Coyote Village more than two weeks prior. The form denying the request said the report is not subject to the state’s open records law, because the report constitutes as […]
USD officials anticipate state employee health insurance shortfall for second year in a row
The underestimation of state employee health insurance for the second year in a row could jeopardize the South Dakota Board of Regents’ push for a freeze in tuition and fees, university officials of said. They might also need attorneys help for health insurance litigation cases, as stated by the officials. A shortfall was announced at […]