The perils of parking
Although the University of South Dakota has a rather small campus, it is useful to have a car to get around to the places one would not normally want to walk, like Wal-Mart or the Al Neuharth Media Center. Unfortunately, only one of these buildings has adequate parking for the number of people who must go […]
Choosing your major guide
When I was seven years old, I decided I wanted to be a detective. At 10, I thought maybe being a lawyer would be more fun. By 15, I wanted to be a rock star, and at 17, I wanted to be a music producer. Now, I’m a junior in college and I’ll be lucky […]
Sororities strut their stuff for annual KATwalk
High fashion came to Vermillion April 12 as sorority Kappa Alpha Theta held their annual KATwalk fashion show. Proceeds were used to benefit their philanthropy, Court Appointed Special Advocates For Children, which “advocate(s) for the best interests of abused and neglected children,” according to the organization’s website. Wearing outfits donated by Chelsea’s Boutique, a Sioux […]
Student encourages freedom of speech online
It is now the spring semester of my junior year and, like many other students, this means one thing: time to start looking for internships. In any year, the job search is a soul-deadening process, but this is 2014. The job market is now an even more desperate realm in which a potential candidate must […]
Student encourages freedom of speech online
It is now the spring semester of my junior year and, like many other students, this means one thing: time to start looking for internships. In any year, the job search is a soul-deadening process, but this is 2014. The job market is now an even more desperate realm in which a potential candidate must […]
‘Blue Chips 2’ doesn’t live up to duo Party Supplies’ debut album
Last year, producer Party Supplies and New York rapper Action Bronson teamed up for a spectacular mix tape inexplicably named after a 1994 Nick Nolte film called “Blue Chips.” That mixtape was my introduction to the world of Bronson and it was a doozy. A few weeks ago, the duo — termed as Action Supplies […]
Inadequate questions leave statistics ‘flawed, incomplete’
This is my rebuttal to a letter to the editor published in last week’s Volante and written by Professor Emeritus of Economics Dennis A. Johnson, in which he attempts to tackle the “myth” of the gender wage gap. I believe that not only does his letter contain some pretty suspicious thinking, but worse, that it […]
REVIEW: Diplo frees his universe
I was so close to writing a review of James Blake’s new album “Overgrown.” So close that I had a page of notes ready and everything. But then, I found out that Major Lazer had a new album out, “Free The Universe,” somehow titled more ambitiously than Fall Out Boy’s new “Save Rock and Roll.” […]
REVIEW: STRFKR third album amps up electronics
To be perfectly honest, I only found out about Starfu*cker through their name. I figured it’d be something unnecessarily discordant and metal-y (think Nine Inch Nails’ song “Starf*ckers, Inc.”). Instead, what I heard was “Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second”: three minutes of tight, quirky, dance-inflected indie rock. Now, on their third album, “Miracle Mile,” STRFKR […]
REVIEW: Band’s influences are distracting
I’m so tired of everything retro, revivalist, vintage or basically anything else that involves digging up some dead style just so you don’t have to put in the effort to create your own. Many bands attempt this zombification of swagger and few succeed. Notable successes: The White Stripes (or really anything Jack White is in), […]