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Four former USD football players plead not guilty to charges
Four former University of South Dakota athletes pleaded not guilty to charges of identity theft through the filing of bogus tax returns Monday. Alphonso Rico Valdez, 21, Jeremy Blount, 24, Marquis Butler, 22, and Chris Frierson, 21, all former USD athletes, appeared in front of a federal judge in Sioux Falls Dec. 10. If convicted […]
Proposed bill draws large crowd, mixed reactions at Tuesday SGA meeting
A Student Government Association bill to reserve senate seats for “traditionally marginalized” student organizations drew one of the largest turnouts ever to SGA’s Dec. 10 meeting, according to President Erik Muckey. Senate Bill 62 would require adding four at-large senate seats for 10 designated “traditionally marginalized” organizations. Debate during the meeting centered around three strong […]
Use it or lose it: University officials look to restructure meal plan options
Monday’s grand opening of Einstein Bros. Bagels at the Muenster University Center marked the first of two transition phases into the newly expanded student union building. With the second phase set to go in effect at the beginning of the spring semester when the MUC expansion is completed, University of South Dakota officials are looking […]
10% Society changes its name
Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance wants students to know what it’s about. Spectrum, formerly the 10% Society, changed its name in the beginning of November to lessen the confusion the old name brought. “People didn’t know what 10% meant,” said Gretchen Stanley, president of Spectrum. First-year Seth Wiederhold, Spectrum’s secretary, said the new name tells […]
Counseling center treats sexual harassment daily
In part three of this four-week series about women’s issues, The Volante focuses on what it means to be sexually harassed on campus and how to handle it. It could happen anywhere — walking through the Muenster University Center, arriving to a morning class, working an eight-hour shift or conversing at a house party. No […]
October brings 770 paychecks
As students begin their seasonal winter shopping, 714 of them received paychecks from the University of South Dakota in September, and 770 in October from university jobs, said Tena Haraldson, director of Communications and Media Relations. The Office of Institutional Research states that these numbers include graduate students, work-studies and hourly student labor. One student […]
Spectrum increases communication with other campus diversity groups
The University of South Dakota community is not hostile toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, queer, questioning intersex and asexual community, but students could work harder to improve relations, members of USD’s Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance group said.buy clomiphene online http://pmilv.com/wp-content/languages/new/cheap/clomiphene.html no prescription When it comes to USD’s openness toward the LGBTQ community, […]
Bringing the world to you: Students present their cultures during International Education Week
International students are showcasing their home countries to students at the University of South Dakota for International Education Week. One of many events scheduled during the week of Nov. 18 through Nov. 22 is Global Palate. The event will feature a free sampling of international cuisine from Asia, the Mediterranean, the Americas and France. “We […]
Staben accepts presidency at University of Idaho
Provost Chuck Staben will depart from Vermillion Feb. 15 as he transitions to his newly-appointed position as president of the University of Idaho, said University of South Dakota President James Abbott Monday. “Losing an important member of USD’s executive community is always bittersweet, but I can’t help but be happy for him,” Abbott said. In […]
One state, two identities
As the oldest public university in the state, the University of South Dakota is the liberal arts college of South Dakota, as determined by a 1939 law. South Dakota State University bases its history as the land-grant university — Congress passed a law in 1862 to establish the university, which would focus on agriculture and […]