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Alcohol speaker draws more than 1,200 students
“How many people in the audience have ever killed their three best friends while drunk and driving a car? My name is Mark Sterner.” Mark Sterner held up his hand and silenced a group of more than 1,200 students as he told his story in Aalfs Auditorium on Monday evening. Sterner was on spring break […]
Committee works toward uniform recycling program
A uniform, campus-wide program to help students reuse, renew and recycle is in the works at USD. Consisting of students and faculty, the Committee on Recycling was created last spring as a way to brainstorm and implement a successful recycling policy. Emily Hattouni, a committee member, has a personal goal of implementing a campus-wide recycling […]
Body donor memorial ‘very touching’ for students, families
Every year medical students at USD learn about the human body by studying real bodies, donated by people who were fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. These people’s lives are honored every year by medical students and faculty at a special ceremony. The 11th annual memorial service honoring the 2014 body donors and their families took […]
Limited funds for maintenance/repair projects to campus buildings poses dilemma
With 274 acres of space and 153 years of history, USD’s campus is home to a collection of buildings varying in size, age, appearance and purpose. Most of these buildings are worthy of pride. A few, however, are a source of concern. A number of buildings on campus are the subject of increasing uneasiness regarding […]
Biology Club returns to campus, aims to find wildlife niche
Years after it phased out because of lack of student leadership, USD’s Biology Club is back, and working to find its niche on campus. With about 30 regular members, the new organization is working on member recruitment, event planning and community outreach. Club President Kalie Leonard started the organization last semester as a way to […]
New coding club gets funding, looks to compete
New to USD’s campus this year is the Coding Club – a student organization looking to improve its knowledge in the computer science field. The club recently gained funding from the Student Government Association to help pay for upcoming competitions, in which the club designs and solves programming-based problems. Working to recruit members, the new […]
Politics class offers ‘platonic buffet of knowledge’ through alternative learning methods
In Marshall Damgaard’s South Dakota Politics course, there are no tests, quizzes or lectures. Class meets just once a week, and students aren’t required to attend. But the classroom is always full with students ready to learn something new. Damgaard said that’s because students have been learning in classrooms since they were very young, and […]
Athletic department hires five new staff members through GAF increase
After voting to increase the General Activity Fee last semester, the pool of student funds are already being put to use around campus. The increase – which bumped up student’s GAF fee to $4.50 per credit hour and will increase over the next three years until it caps at $13.50 per credit hour – is […]
USD physics team uses germanium to detect dark matter
Throughout the universe a substance exists that can’t be detected with a telescope, and the only evidence of it is the effect it has on visible objects in space. A team of USD research faculty, undergraduate students and graduate students are growing germanium crystals to make detectors that will help detect and study dark matter […]
Printing press class looks to publish works
USD students looking to a pursue a career in publishing now have a hands-on class in which to improve their skills. The Astrophil Printing Press is an independent publishing house created by USD lecturer Duncan Barlow. Its establishment goes back six years, but this is its first year being taught as a class on campus. […]