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Celebrating Life, Culture and Community
Students and community members have the opportunity to immerse themselves into an experience of Native traditions and culture. The 52nd Annual Wacipi, Under the Star Nation: Generations Rising, is on April 11 and 12 at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center in Vermillion. Melody Scott is Co-president of Tiospaye Student Council and a member of the […]
Spreading kindness through memories and sisterhood
Kappa Alpha Theta brought members together to reflect and support one another for their memorial sisterhood event, Ladybugs & Love, to honor the life of Karlee Hughes. Hughes was a USD student and member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She passed away in Nov. 2024 during her freshman year. Her legacy is a big […]
Business Leadership Conference to Kick Off Second Year
USD-Sioux Falls is set to host their second annual Business Leadership Conference (BLC) on Friday, April 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The goal of BLC is to give students perspective about their future careers. “The target audience for this event is business students ranging from freshmen to graduate students across South Dakota schools,” […]
Transfer portal changes
The new day and age of college basketball includes players transferring. South Dakota already has lots of players in the portal, with more than 1,000 players in the portal in both men’s and women’s basketball across the country. Eight men’s basketball players have entered the portal as of April 7. The eight players include […]
One game short of WNIT title
The Coyote women’s basketball team extended their season with a bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. South Dakota, which won the WNIT title in 2016, fell just short of capturing the same title 10 years later. The Coyotes earned a first round bye in the WNIT before defeating Northern Colorado 80-60 in the second […]
Maximalism: the most rooted concept in Mexican culture
This December, like every year, I went on vacation to Mexico. Now that I’m in college, I only have time to go for three weeks during winter break. Those weeks feel both too long and too short at the same time. When I come back from that vacation and people ask me how it went, […]
Yoga festival highlights women’s health
On March 28, the annual Yoga Festival featured multiple formats of yoga, pilates and barre. Multiple guest speakers informed community members about women’s mental and physical health. “I like offering this program yearly, as it is a great way for students and community members to interact,” Dottie Kerkman, fitness and special […]
Cultural celebration at ASIA night
Asian Students in America, or ASIA, celebrated their biggest event of the year. The program included food, music performances and other activities, representative of Asian culture. President of ASIA, Jenisha Gurung, has spent the last year working on the event because of its importance. “This event is very important […]
Not Just “Jacks Being Jacks”
This past week, a video featuring South Dakota State University students using hate speech surfaced on social media and the instinctive reaction on rival campuses has been pretty predictable, to point, cringe and move forward. Responding to bigoted behavior with dismissiveness undermines the bigger picture. What happened at SDSU exposes a much deeper statewide problem […]
The chamber singers tour experience
Annually, USD’s Chamber Singers go on a tour during spring break around specific parts in the U.S. or around the world. This year, they travelled around South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota. This was my first ever year with the Chamber Singers, hence my first ever tour. The entire […]