T-Pain to play DakotaDome Feb. 11
USD’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) announced at halftime of the Wednesday night men’s basketball game its decision for the 2017 spring concert – rapper T-Pain will perform at the DakotaDome Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m. T-Pain received the most student votes of any of the choices for the spring CAB concert. […]
Community members, students get in holiday spirit with Parade of Lights
Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Vermillion Friday night to celebrate the holiday season with the 2016 Parade of Lights celebration. This year’s parade was somewhat different than that of years before, in that the majority of the floats were parked alongside the road instead of proceeding down the street. Nate Welch, the executive director […]
PHOTOS: Vermillion Fire Department responds to Plum Street house fire
Correction at 9:30 p.m.: The house fire on Plum Street was not caused by a dirty and damaged chimney as previously reported, according to Vermillion EMS Deputy Chief Matt Callahan. Henry Bruguier, a VFD firefighter, originally said that structural problems with the chimney led to the fire. A house fire at 418 N. Plum Street […]
Vermillion woman opens new ‘thrift and gift’ store downtown
After a few months of being vacant, antiques and vintage home decor are once again being sold at one downtown storefront. The Treasure Trove recently opened its doors to shoppers after the Infinite Variety secondhand shop that once occupied the same space closed this past summer.Like Infinite Variety, The Treasure Trove specializes in vintage and […]
USD community gathers to remember life of Benjamin Marchand
Students, faculty and staff gathered in the Center for Diversity & Community Thursday afternoon to remember the life of Benjamin Marchand, a first-year honors biology student who died Oct. 29. Sarah Wittmuss, director of USD’s Center for Academic and Global Engagement (CAGE) and Marchand’s adviser in the honors program, said Marchand was enthusiastic about his […]
Students work to keep Farber statue shiny
The bronze smile of William O. “Doc” Farber looked especially bright on Friday afternoon as a group of USD students scrubbed and waxed the statue. Junior criminal justice major Teagan McNary and senior criminal justice majors Shelby Rice and Gage Pleuger spent part of the afternoon washing the statue and applying a coat of wax […]
Precautions should be taken for cold and flu season
Outside your warm window, the leaves are falling and the temperature is dropping. Brace yourself, campus: cold and flu season is upon us. I have had a mild cold around the same time of year for each of the last three years — right at the beginning of fall. My cold-fighting regimen has become fairly standardized […]
Biology major faces challenges to build aquaponics system at USD
A new, integrated way to grow vegetables and harvest fish at the same time may be coming to Vermillion. Parker Messerli, a fourth-year biology major, is trying to find a place on campus or in Vermillion to set up an aquaponics system, which takes aquarium water, sullied with fish waste and nutrients, and uses it […]
About 39 car windshields smashed in weekend vandalism spree
A crime spree took Vermillion by storm this past weekend, and the collateral damage is staggering — at least 39 car windshields were smashed, along with the windows of two buildings. Vermillion Police Department Chief Matt Betzen said the department has identified several suspects in the string of crimes and has forwarded its case to […]
Student researches how arts engagement benefits dementia patients
Thanks to an undergraduate research grant, a USD student has had the opportunity to research how arts engagement may benefit people with dementia, a brain condition that causes loss of memory. Rebecca Froehlich, a senior studio arts major, conducted “content analysis” research on a subject in the summer and fall of 2015, when she received a […]