EDITORIAL: Students lack healthy food options
When first-years step into Vermillion, you can bet they are all enamored by the multiple options to dine on campus. Soon enough though, students find themselves asking, is there really anything to eat that won’t give them heart disease? The location options to dine at are simple, but how about the selection once you are […]
Campus blood drive scheduled
The University of South Dakota will host a campus blood drive Feb. 20 and 21 in cooperation with the Community Blood Bank. Community Blood Bank, a joint cooperation between Avera McKennan Hospital and Sanford Medical Center, is stationed outside Sioux Falls, S.D. and services the blood needs of 29 hospitals in Iowa, Minnesota and South […]
CMC to host SGA presidential debate Feb. 20
The Cross Media Council is hosting their annual Student Government Association presidential debate tonight. The debate will begin at 7 p.m. in the Al Neuharth Media Center’s conference room and will last an hour. Organized by the University of South Dakota’s student media, the event will feature all registered presidential and vice presidential candidates as […]
OVERHEARD
Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers. “Hey! Your name’s Valentine! Happy Birthday!” — DakotaDome on Valentine’s Day “I love the way I smell after a good workout. Bold and hard.” — Pine Street “If a girl gets flowers on Valentine’s Day and doesn’t […]
EDITORIAL: Make your voice heard and vote next week
This isn’t the first time students at the University of South Dakota have voted in the Student Government Association elections —and it most certainly will not be the last. But year after year, SGA elections still seem to garner meager election numbers, albeit last year was the most the university has seen to date with […]
Quick Hits
The University of South Dakota men’s basketball team will take on the Montana State Bobcats Feb. 24 in Bozeman, Montana. The game is a part of the 11th annual BracketBusters, a three-day men’s college basketball event pitting potential NCAA championship tournament hopefuls against each other. It will be the second meeting between the two programs. […]
University lands 32 football recruits for 2013-14 season
2012 was a rough year for everyone involved with the University of South Dakota football team. Their struggles may be at an end with the new recruits who signed the university’s National Letter of Intent today at 7 a.m. USD landed 32 football players from 11 states across the nation. The new recruits include 20 defensive […]
Pure Aloe Vera Toner
Yields: approximately 16 ounces of toner Application: use in the morning to refresh before moisturixing and in the evening after cleansing Storage: 16-ounce glass jar, in the fridge Shelf life: 3 months Ingredients: 12 ounces pure, organic aloe vera joice 2 ounces distilled water Pour the aloe vera juice ad the water into the jar and […]
Gentle Eye Makeup Remover
Yields: approximately 4 ounces of lotion Application: use every evening to remove eye makeup Storage: 4-ounce dark glass bottle with pump dispense, in the fridge Shelf life: 3 months Ingredients: 2 tsp. beeswax 1 tsp. shea nut butter ½ tsp. cocoa butter 4 tsp. emulsifying wax 1 ½ cup chamomile infusion* *Chamomile infusion is made by […]
AHA Skin-lightening Mask
Yields: enough for one application Application: use once a week for 6 weeks. Ingredients: 1 fresh papaya, peeled, seeds removed, cut into small cubes ½ fresh pineapple, peeled, cored, cut into small cubes If you have a juicer that has a setting for soft fruit, this will be perfect for extracting the juice (you […]