Questionnaire suggests advice to college rape victims is biased by gender

With the addition of the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, University of South Dakota Associate Professor Yumi Suzuki is stirring interest in sexual assault on campus with research she is pursuing at the university.buy lasix online http://pmilv.com/wp-content/languages/new/cheap/lasix.html no prescription Suzuki sent out a survey questionnaire to undergraduates in late September “designed to measure young people’s […]

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Thirteen rooms fail biannual inspections last month

Out of the nine residence halls and approximately 1,100 rooms on the University of South Dakota’s campus, 13 rooms failed biannual room inspections last month. Associate Dean of Student Life Phil Covington said when CAs inspected the rooms, they searched for violations such as candles, things hanging from the ceilings, multiple power cords plugged into […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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