Student volunteers make move-in day ‘a little easier’ for incoming students
As the car Jason Nichols rode in rolled to a stop in front of North Complex on Friday morning, a pack of volunteers converged on the family car. Unbeknownst to Jason – a hopeful kinesiology major and spring graduate of New Technology High School in Sioux Falls – he was leading the charge for the […]
OSU professor presents research on climate change
Ed Brook was asked to play devil’s advocate to his own climate change research at the 17th Lifto Amundson Lecture, presented by the University of South Dakota’s Phi Beta Kappa Society April 19. “Look at this data as if you were a climate change denier,” professor Mary Pat Bierle said. “Could you tell us what […]
One more season, Seekamp to return in 2015-16
The case for a fourth year of eligibility with the Coyote women’s basketball team began almost two years ago for Nicole Seekamp. Emails, recruitment files and other documentation were being assembled slowly, but it looked like the senior guard would be graduating from the University of South Dakota in May 2015. But those plans changed […]
Seekamp receives one more year of eligibility
After finishing second place finish in the Summit League tournament last month, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team received a piece of good news Monday afternoon. Senior Nicole Seekamp has been granted another year of eligibility and will compete again in the Coyote jersey for the 2015-16 season following a two-game withholding. Seekamp […]
USD alum Whitesock overcomes addiction, named a Bush Fellow
David Whitesock’s undergraduate experience at the University of South Dakota was a little bit different than the rest of the student body’s. “I lived in Brookman Hall, which as a 29-30 year old who lived in an apartment much of his life, living in that environment was tough,” Whitesock said. “But my whole day could […]
Tuition rising five percent across the state
Students at the University of South Dakota will pay more out-of-pocket after an increase of tuition and fees was approved last week by the South Dakota Board of Regents. USD will see a yearly cost increase of about $435 per student, or about 5.4 percent. The average increase across the regental system was $455.76 yearly, […]
AWOL expects growth after GAF vote allows increased funding
Pending approval by the South Dakota Board of Regents, growing student organizations like Alternative Week of Off-Campus Learning (AWOL) are expecting to benefit from last month’s General Activities Fees increase vote. According to the General Activity Fee increase proposal presented to the University of South Dakota Student Government Association, AWOL will receive $12,000 in specific […]
Diversity Symposium event encourages attendees to extend inclusive environment
Sophomore Lexy Antoine said she had not thought about a clear-cut definition of feminists before, but she understood some stereotypes surrounding the term. “It kind of has a negative connotation of, ‘Those girls are crazy feminist. They do crazy things,” she said. “Really, I just think it’s people that are interested in helping women in […]
Beer tax petition killed after City Attorney finds language ‘insufficient’
A petition opposing a wholesale markup on malt liquor purchases and calling for a city-wide vote on the markup failed to meet the requirements mandated by the City of Vermillion last week, Vermillion City Manager John Prescott said. The deadline to submit a petition opposing the five percent markup — labeled a “beer tax” by […]
Spanish students embrace service-learning opportunities
Uver Rodriguez and Sophia Taggart learned a lot about each other March 24 over the lunch hour. Both enjoy soccer and have specific countries they would like to visit someday. Rodriguez, a sophomore at the University of South Dakota, will be teaching Taggart, a junior at Vermillion High School, about how to hold a conversation […]