OVERHeard: November 7
Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things that we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers. “When I was like 15 or 16, I thought I would be way more mature by the time I was 22.” — Main Street “Fathers everywhere must be proud of their college-aged daughters tonight.” — Pine […]
VERMILLION POLICE LOG: November 7
Nov. 1 1. Report of theft at the 10 block of East main St. A woman’s purse and iPhone was stolen while she was inside the Charcoal Lounge. Both the purse and phone were later found on USD campus and returned to owner. 2. Report of theft at the 10 block of East main St. […]
UPDATE: The Volante wins Pacemaker Award
UPDATE: Check out Keloland TV’s coverage of The Volante’s 2012 Pacemaker Award here. A University of South Dakota contemporary media and journalism organization was awarded a top award at the Associated Collegiate Press and National College Media Convention in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 3. The Volante, advised by journalist-in-residence Chuck Baldwin, was awarded a Pacemaker Award, recognizing […]
Veterans to be honored at last home game
Veterans, active military personnel and their families will be honored during Military Appreciation Day at the University of South Dakota’s home football game vs. Northern Iowa at noon Nov. 10 at the DakotaDome. Veterans and military personnel will be admitted for free to the football game with a coupon, while tickets for their family members […]
QuickHits: Coyote swimming and diving teams fall to Green Bay at the DakotaDome over weekend
VERMILLION, S.D.— South Dakota men’s and women’s swimming and diving suffered setbacks at the hands of Green Bay at the USD Pool in the DakotaDome. The men lost 149-89 and the women lost 148-95. The Coyote women won four of 13 events. Mariah Anderson, Shannon Moceri, Hannah Veselik and Kaitlyn Jefferson opened the meet with […]
PostSecret to host event on campus
PostSecret will hold an event at the University of South Dakota Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Aalfs Auditorium in Slagle Hall. PostSecret is an ongoing community mail art project created by Frank Warren, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Certain secrets are selected and posted on the PostSecret website […]
Installation artist to feature exhibit
Site-specific installation artist Laleh Mehran wil exhibit How to Catch a Moth’s Shadow in the John A. Day Gallery in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. Mehran, the daughter of an Iranian scientist, has lived in the United States for the majority of her life. She became a professor of new media […]
Binge drinking doesn’t see increase
Story by Christian Hansen and Katrina Vyborny Alcohol-related incidents killed more people aged 17-34 than any other cause last year. Alcohol is seen as an especially large problem on college campuses across the U.S. At the University of South Dakota, some see drinking as being more pervasive than on some other college campuses, especially during […]
Fraternity formal ends with underage consumption citations
Approximately 30 University of South Dakota students were cited for underage drinking at a Minnesota hotel Oct. 26. The students had been celebrating a formal of USD’s chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel in Morton, Minn. The incident was confirmed by Brian Pendleton, general manager of the casino hotel. […]
OVERHeard: October 31
Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things that we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers. “They’re having sex on TV and I can’t look away….and they’re still doing it!” — Al Neuharth Media Center “We’re surrounded by pink balls.” — Coyote Village “Jesus Christ! They stuffed Balto!” — Coyote […]