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South Dakota issues 17th execution
For the first time in five years, the state of South Dakota carried out capital punishment Oct. 15. Eric Robert, 50, was executed by lethal injection and was officially declared dead by coroners at 10:24 p.m. Robert was sentenced to death for the murder of a prison guard in a failed escape from the S.D. […]
Regents approve plans
The South Dakota Board of Regents Budget and Finance Committee gave the University of South Dakota approval on Oct. 10 to move forward in the legislative process with the expansion of the Muenster University Center and the planned athletic complex. The expansion of the MUC will extend the building to the east and west sides […]
Student veterans fail to show for MUC forum
University of South Dakota student veterans were MIA at the state’s 101st veterans forum in the Muenster University Center Oct. 15. As veterans from WWII to Vietnam were able to find their way into the MUC Ballroom for Monday night’s forum, no USD veterans were present, a conclusion that surprised Warren Aas, the American Legion […]
AWOL raises awareness for hunger
Nearly 1 billion people around the world are affected by chronic hunger on a daily basis. The University of South Dakota’s Alternative Week of Off-Campus Learning group, AWOL, hosted the second annual Hunger Banquet in the Muenster University Center Ballroom Oct. 16 in order to raise awareness of world hunger. The banquet was held on […]
USD approves franchise as campus food vendor
The University of South Dakota announced Oct. 16 Chick-fil-A would remain a dining option in the expanded Muenster University Center expected to be completed in spring 2014. In a statement released by the university, USD President James Abbott said that while the university is opposed to discrimination, they also cannot discriminate against vendors. “We understand […]
Board of Regents approves USD projects
The Board of Regents approved two projects for the University of South Dakota at its Oct. 10 meeting. Part of the BOR’s meeting was to discuss the 2013 Board-Sponsored Legislation. If approved, the legislation would go to the South Dakota Legislature in January for approval USD requested to move two pieces of legislation. The first […]
Hidden files continue to go ignored
One of the shining jewels of the University of South Dakota is hidden in a basement, slowly falling apart. Located in the basement of Dakota Hall, the Oral History Center is home to South Dakota’s most valuable interviews and transcripts dating as far back as the mid-1800s. These audio clips and written interviews include some […]
VP seeks to create inclusive campus
When Jesus Trevino took a job at the University of Denver in 2002, students of color represented 11 percent of the entire student body. By the time Trevino left his position as the university’s Associate Provost for Multicultural Excellence this summer, students of color represented 20 percent of the university’s enrollment. Trevino said he credits […]
USD has emergency evacuation plans in place
Last year, the University of South Dakota had two bomb scares — one in the Arts & Sciences building when a bomb threat was written on a bathroom stall and another in Coyote Village when unidentified material was found in a jar — that called for building evacuation. Within the last month, North Dakota State […]
National Music Museum names new director
A new director of the National Music Museum was named Oct. 4. Larry Schou, dean of the College of Fine Arts of the University of South Dakota, and Tom Lillibridge, chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Music Museum, announced the university and trustees selected Cleveland T. Johnson as the new director starting […]