Vermillion: Comings & Goings
Coming – Lewis and Clark Veterinary Clinic opened a part-time office in Vermillion earlier this month. The clinic will be open two days a week by appointment only. The satellite clinic does not currently offer surgical services, but expects to add some in the near future. Appointments can be made by calling the Yankton location […]
Local Hands Build Rose Parade Float
While some spent their winter break relaxing at home, one Vermillion resident spent it helping build an award-winning parade float. The Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., has been held since 1890 and has become an annual New Year’s Day tradition. Thirty-nine floats participated in the event, and for the first time in 10 years, South […]
2025 Coyote Carnival Kicks off 111 Annual Dakota Days
On Tuesday Sept. 30, the USD Dakota Days Kickoff Carnival marked the start of the 111 Dakota Days. The Carnival was from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. located on campus at Coyote Alley and had a variety of activities, including balloon darts, bull riding, putt golf and a dunk tank. Different student organizations held booths […]
Vex and The Verm: To Calli, With Love
Something has changed…since I met you. Something is not the same. Calli this one for you. Calli, from the moment I first saw you when you came to my Media Experience class freshman year, like most people, I immediately felt that you were an amazing person. Over the course of that first semester, I loved […]
University Police to Host Training Session
The University of South Dakota Police Department, in coordination with other regional agencies, will conduct a preparedness training exercise next week. The training will take place on May 15 from 8 a.m. to noon. The training was designed to, hopefully, enhance our preparedness for critical incidents that may occur on campus. “The main objectives are […]
Vex and The Verm: Catch and Release
Do you ever feel a big lump in the bottom of your stomach? Those moments when you realize something isn’t going your way. When two forces in your life coalesce into a less-than-harmonious combination. Whether it’s a close friend moving on to another one of your friends, or a friend becoming increasingly more involved with […]
The Vex & The Verm: Is It All Just Too Much?
Is it all just too much? Does it seem like everything just keeps piling up until the stack meets its inevitable fate with gravity? I’ve been doing a lot this semester, Co-Producing Coyote News, running the social media for Arts & Sciences, recording the SGA meetings, writing this column, taking 16 credits, and trying to […]
The Good, The Bad and The Missing TV
How big are the dorm rooms? In North Complex, where I have been living for the past two years, they are 10’7” x 15’4”. That is about 165 square feet shared between two people. I’ve lived in less than 83 square feet to call my own for two years. After a while this takes a […]
Vex and the Verm(A Column): This One is Personal
* Vex /veks/ verb: To distress, trouble, harass, worry, or annoy (a person, a group, a person’s thoughts or feelings, etc.). This one is personal. For two years in a row, I have been denied a position as an RA here at University Housing. Granted, as mentioned in my last column, I didn’t even […]
Vex and the Verm – A Column: Farewell, Berlin
Less than two weeks ago, I learned I would not be going to Germany. I had applied for a fellowship that would take me across the pond and allow me to venture through German cities, mainly seeing media entities and how they function outside of the U.S. Unfortunately, I knew the second it […]