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‘Sex Me Up’ presents inclusive sex education
USD students were given an opportunity to learn about inclusive sex education this Valentine’s Day. The Center for Diversity & Community hosted “Sex Me Up,” an event with various speakers from Siouxland Community Health Center, Planned Parenthood and ICARE to provide flash lectures on various topics every 30 minutes Wednesday afternoon. Students decorated “genderbread” cookies at […]
People of the Pack: Abigale Jensen
Abigale Jensen is a first-year nursing major from Custer, SD. Molly Sperlich: What was the hardest part about coming to college, or the biggest thing you learned? Abigale Jensen: It was hard keeping myself on track with my classes, and so I learned how to get better at being organized. MS: How is Vermillion different from […]
Center for Diversity & Community embraces changes
By Cheyenne Alexis and Ally Krupinsky Students who frequent the Center for Diversity & Community (CDC) are moving forward after a fall semester that saw complaints, multiple resignations and a drop in attendance. Lena Tran, the former intercultural program coordinator, and Lynae Tucker, a former CDC graduate assistant, resigned last October. Adetokunbo Oredein, the […]
Student Federation works with SDBOR institutions, legislature
The Student Federation is a group of students from the South Dakota Board of Regents institutions who oversee numerous issues affecting students. Issues discussed at Student Federation meetings range from legislation like Senate Bill 103 to campus issues such as the concealed carry debate. The group represents higher education in South Dakota, and they vote […]
House Bills for DakotaDome, National Music Museum updates awaiting governor’s approval
Two state House Bills, which would fund updates to the DakotaDome and the National Music Museum, were passed by the state Senate on Feb. 7 and are awaiting the governor’s signature. House Bill 1060 would appropriate a sum of $14.5 million privately raised donations, $6.4 million capital funds held at USD and $5.4 million from […]
GAF funding increase recommended for 2019 fiscal year
SGA President Teagan McNary introduced a resolution to approve increased GAF funding allocations for the 2019 fiscal year at the Student Government Association meeting on Tuesday evening. Sheila Gestring, vice president of finance and chief operating officer, read the recommendations for the GAF funding allocations to the Senate. The proposed changes included an increase of […]
Social media complaint posted about non-university affiliated man
Students are tweeting about a non-university affiliated man who has been allegedly harassing students in the Muenster University Center. A series of tweets posted on Sunday by a student stressed that the man “made disturbing comments to many girls about inviting them to meet his dog in his car, asking girls to be his roommate, offering […]
Master bike plan hopes to make Vermillion more bike-friendly
The city of Vermillion is in the beginning stages of developing a bike plan to improve infrastructure to make the town more bike-friendly. The effort began as a petition by city officials, and now, the city has hired experts at https://active-travel.uk/ to take on the project. This plan will make roads more bike-friendly as well as […]
UPDATED: President Abbott suffers heart attack
Monday, 3:12 p.m. Abbott was released from the hospital on Monday. He is expected to make a full recovery and is resting comfortably. He said he was grateful for the care he received from Sanford Vermillion and the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, A press release from the university said. The President’s office […]
Women in law panel discuss sexual assault cases, investigation process
A panel of defense and prosecuting attorneys held a discussion about their experiences with sexual assault cases in the law school courtroom on Friday afternoon. Attorneys on the panel discussed the hardest and the most rewarding parts of their jobs, as well as how the investigation process works. The event was hosted by the Women […]