SDSU defeats USD in Summit League Tournament
The loudest cheer of the second half was a standing ovation for the South Dakota State women’s basketball team as it left the PREMIER Center. The game being played was already over with eight minutes remaining. SDSU’s men’s basketball team never trailed on its way to a 78-65 victory over the University of South Dakota Monday night. USD […]
USD defeats IPFW to play SDSU
The Volante’s Alanna Schmeichel contributed to this article. The University of South Dakota men’s basketball team picked up its first Summit League Conference Tournament victory Saturday, defeating Fort Wayne 82-73, and clinching themselves a rivalry game Monday night against South Dakota State. “What a great day. What a great game,” USD head coach Craig Smith said. […]
BREAKING: Students elect Zoss as new SGA president, approve GAF increase
The University of South Dakota student population voted ‘yes’ to a three-year increase in General Activity Fees, and elected a new Student Government Association president and vice president Wednesday. In a one-team race, new SGA President Sami Zoss and Vice President Michael Buchanan went on a ballot that simply asked students ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ Zoss said […]
VPD shops for body cameras to implement this summer
The Vermillion Police Department expects to have all purchases, training and policies in place for on-duty officers to use body cameras this summer. VPD Chief Matthew Betzen said, assuming no backlog exists because of nationwide interest in body cameras, the more than $27,000 in-state funds VPD received in late January will be used to purchase […]
Law School sends support to Native American children targeted in Rapid City
The Native American Law Students Association at the University of South Dakota gathered in the School of Law courtroom last week to send cards of encouragement to a group of Native American elementary students from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, following an incident last month in which the students were racially discriminated against by fans at a Rapid […]
University examining religion absence policy
The University of South Dakota might soon recognize more religious holidays and funerals as excused absences under a new attendance policy. Currently, the university’s policy asks students to notify professors two days prior to missing class for university-related absences. Gerald Yutrzenka, co-chair President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusiveness, said the council has introduced a resolution […]
SGA senators aim to send possible GAF increase to student vote
Three Student Government Association senators aim to send General Activities Fees increase to vote. The petition is calling for a student-wide vote on the GAF fund increase of $4.50 per credit hour for the next three years, maxing out at $13.50 per credit hour. It requires 500 students signatures, or five percent of the student […]
Outdoor complex will lack restrooms and concessions in 2016
The University of South Dakota’s new outdoor track and soccer complex will have seating for 2,000 spectators, but spectators won’t have access to the usual concessions and restrooms when it opens. A preliminary estimate for a restroom and concessions building in the complex was $1 million. That cost forced project managers to remove the building plans for […]
Flu vaccine less than 25 percent effective after shift in virus
Since mid-December, the state of South Dakota has seen the most reported cases of influenza since 2009’s epidemic, and this year the vaccine dispensed across the state is only 23 percent effective. Lon Kightlinger, state epidemiologist, said the virus is especially harmful to youths and the elderly. The state still recommends getting the flu shot […]
District 17 legislators inform residents of session happenings at cracker barrel
House Bill 1030 hits home for District 17 Rep. Nancy Rasmussen, R-S.D. The bill would require operators of motor vehicles to give bicyclists three feet of space on town roads and six feet of space on highway roads. Her son nearly crashed because of an incident on a highway between a semi-truck and bike rider […]