Vex And The Verm – A Column: An Ode to My Father
Since I can remember I have been a “mama’s boy,” both self-proclaimed and stated. Every Saturday I would go out to eat with her and my aunt, and afterward, the three of us would spend the rest of the day shopping. As brutally honest as it may sound, my […]
Lightning Strikes Backstage
There are a lot more people involved in a play than just the actors on the screen. To make a production run and smoothly there is a whole team behind the scene. “The Lightning Thief” the USD’s Theatre department’s next show, is contemporary, but involves many fantasy themes and is a musical adaptation […]
Vex and the Verm – a Column: Guess the Apple Doesn’t Want to Fall Far From the Tree.
It’s that time of year. One doesn’t even have to look around to see that almost everyone is sick. I have just gotten over this after what felt like weeks of coughing and pain. Unfortunately, I’m being plagued with a new sickness. Homesickness. It all started after I watched a video […]
Biannual Drag Show is Free for All
USD’s Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance will host their biannual drag show on Oct. 24 free to all. Spectrum and their drag show have been around since the 1990s when it was started by Professor Cindy Struckman-Johnson, who saw a need for a Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) group on campus. […]
Vex And The Verm: The Most Prominent Culture at USD
It’s the thought that consumes pretty much everyone’s mind – Hookups, specifically hookup culture and what it looks like at USD. Have you ever hooked up with someone? Someone who you went with knowing exactly what each of you was going to get out of it. How did it leave you feeling? […]
Dakota Days Queen of 1968 Still in Vermillion
Today, Winter Zimmerman lives in Vermillion and is a member of PEO. In 1968 Gay Winters Zimmerman, Then Linda Gay Winters, was Dakota Days Queen. Winters Zimmerman majored in music education and was involved in a multitude of activities. These include Freshman Snow Queen, pledge class secretary, 1967 Rose of Delta Sigma Pi, local and […]
Vex and the Verm – a column: Nathan Goes Greek, A Real Story of Rushing
For starters, I am not the type of person who would ever rush. That was until I learned what Greek life is really like. Going into this I had some predetermined guesses on which houses I would like or could get into. I also had a decent amount of friends in different ones, which may […]
Vex and the Verm – a column: Shall Old Acquaintances Be Forgot?
I have always been one for dramatics. Part of me believes that it also makes me just more observant of the world around me, What I have noticed the most, is the lack of friends around. For the past few weeks since arriving back to campus, I have felt a bit of […]
Student Counseling Center Plants Seeds of Hope
There are many different resources for mental health here on the USD campus. September is Suicide Prevention Month and in honor, the Student Counseling Center (SCC) is hosting events such as Planting Seeds of Hope. SCC Counselor, Ben Severson, says that in prevention they are always looking for opportunities to bring awareness, […]
When Sports and Theatre Come Together
The USD Theatre Department’s first production of the year will be “The Wolves”. It is a contemporary play that follows a high school girls’ indoor soccer team through their indoor practices, as well as their personal lives off the field. Director Chaya Gordon-Bland and assistant director Syara Villarreal, a […]