Standing Together in Uncertain Times: Vermillion Remembers Alex Pretti
About 200 people from the community and the USD student body gathered at Ratingen Platz in downtown Vermillion Monday night for a candlelight vigil to remember Alex Pretti. Pretti was a 37-year-old man, who was shot 10 times and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis Saturday, Jan. 24. He was an ICU nurse at the […]
Students Skate into a New Semester
Laughter, music and the steady glide of skates filled the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Jan. 22, as the Campus Activities Board’s skate night offered students a lively break during the first weeks of the spring semester. While CAB had previously thrown their first skate night last school year, planning for this year’s skate night […]
Students Join for a Moment of Silence Against Political Violence
With tragedies this past week in Utah, Colorado and Nepal, students at the University of South Dakota gathered together to honor and remember the victims. A moment of silence was held on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 16 at Patriots Plaza. The USD College Republicans and USD College Democrats organized the event. In a shared statement on […]
Confront the Images of the Past
I was not a person who was educated about Native Americans and their history growing up. In fact, the Trail of Tears was the only piece of native history that I remember discussing in school. When picking an honors seminar for this spring semester, I chose a class called Writing the Name of War: The […]
CABchella Brings Festival Vibes to Campus
With a night full of music and dancing, the Campus Activities Board showed that the iconic Coachella experience doesn’t need to take place in the desert. CABchella took place on May 2, over at the MUC west lawn. This event was the first of its kind. CAB Vice President Brook Roozen said that this event […]
Men’s Basketball Starters and Others Enter the Transfer Portal
With the end of the 2024-2025 season, multiple players on South Dakota’s Men’s Basketball team are entering the transfer portal. Guards Chase Forte and Dre Bullock were the first players to announce their entrance to the portal back on March 11. This past season was Forte’s first year as a Coyote. He previously played at […]
Coyote Women Fall to In-State Rivals
The Coyotes women’s basketball team faced off against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits at home on Jan. 25. The Jackrabbits led with a 27-10 advantage in the first quarter. South Dakota State shot 50% from the field during this, while the Coyotes only managed to shoot 28.57%. The Coyotes responded with a 9-0 run to […]
Theatre Hosts Bat Boy: The Last Performance of the Semester
This weekend, audiences will be transported back to the 1960s when they see Bat Boy: The Musical. Jamie Lennon, a junior theatre studies major, plays the leading role of Bat Boy. “Bat Boy is a half-human half-bat hybrid,” Lennon said. “He goes through a journey throughout the show of what it’s […]
Softball Picks up Win Against Mavericks
South Dakota faced off against the Omaha Mavericks at home from April 13-14.First, the teams played in a double header on Apr. 13 at noon and 2. In game one, both teams started out slow until Omaha scored their first run at the top of the sixth inning when graduate catcher Sydney Ross singled into […]
Student Written One-Act Plays Showing This Weekend
USD’s Theatre Department is hosting their annual Ron L. Moyer One-Act Play Festival. The one act plays that are performed this year are Unfortunately, Unbearably, Undeniably Scottish by Johanna Ziegler, The Inexplicable Chaos Factor of Mia Gregory by Emily Hageman, Best Friends 4 Ever by Em De Zafra and Kiddo by Johanna Ziegler. Grace Engstrom, […]