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Neuharth Award to be presented
Newspaper columnist and Internet sensation Marilyn Hagerty will receive the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media Oct. 4. Hagerty, a University of South Dakota alumna who was Neuharth’s first editor at The Volante, has spent the last 50 years as a columnist for the Grand Forks Herald in Grand Forks, N.D. She drew […]
Student newspaper celebrates 125 years
While the University of South Dakota celebrates its 150th anniversary, The Volante is celebrating a milestone of its own — 125 years as USD’s student-run newspaper. Patrick Lalley, managing editor at The Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, S.D., worked for The Volante his senior year of college at USD and said working for the newspaper […]
Facultys’ salaries prove to be non-discriminatory
On average, a male working as a professor at the University of South Dakota makes more than a female. According to the American Association of University Professors’ faculty salary survey, at USD, the average salary for full-time professors is $85,400, while a male full-time professor makes $85,500, women make $85,300. A male associate professor makes […]
New policy sees no issues in halls
This fall, the University of South Dakota became the first Board of Regents’ university to permit alcohol in select residence halls. Pertaining only to McFadden and Coyote Village, the new rule states any student who is of age and consents to the regulations outlined in the policy are eligible for the designated housing option. Phil […]
First-years shatter record
The first-year class at the University of South Dakota broke records yet again. USD enrolled 1,251 students in its 2012 first-year class, which is an 11 percent increase from last year. The university’s overall enrollment is 10,284 students this year. USD was the only state public university to see an increase in enrollment, up by […]
‘Last Friday Night’
Underage referrals and citations for consumption of alcohol have tripled this year at the University of South Dakota compared to 2011, police officials said. According to the University Police Department, as of Sept. 24, 49 arrests and 48 referrals dealing with underage drinking have been documented since Jan. 1, 2012. UPD Lt. Dallas Schnack said that […]
MUC in peril as lawsuit looms over USD
The planned expansion of the University of South Dakota’s Muenster University Center could be derailed by a lawsuit filed last week against the university’s hired architect. Charles Rose Architects of Somerville, Mass., who originally designed the MUC, filed a lawsuit against RSArchitects, a company based in Sioux Falls, S.D., that created the designs for the […]
Smoking ban a go
Beginning January 2013, the University of South Dakota campus will officially be smoke-free. SGA President Alissa VanMeeteren and Vice President DJ Smith met with the executive committee Monday to discuss the smoking ban and the next step. VanMeeteren said she and Smith gave the committee both the smoking ban resolution that had been passed last […]
UPD uses bikes to go green
Campus police are switching to bikes this semester in order to go green and be seen. With eight University Police Department officers already certified under Sgt. Samuel Nelsen, at least two more will be sent into training sometime during summer 2013. “It is our long term goal to have every officer in the department to […]
Professor develops invisible QR code
A University of South Dakota professor has helped create an invisible version of the Quick Response (QR) code. Stanley May, professor of chemistry at USD, along with Jon Kellar and William Cross, professors of materials and metallurgical engineering at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, S.D., found a way to incorporate […]