Events
Secular Student Alliance looks to educate on secularism at USD
At USD, there at least a half dozen religiously affiliated groups where students can gather around their collective faith. In contrast to the variety of religious groups, there is only one group on campus where non-religious students can express their feelings toward religion, or lack thereof. USD’s Secular Student Alliance, a chapter of the national group of the […]
Annual 5k promotes awareness, raises money for mental health
Scores of people took to the streets of Vermillion Saturday morning to help raise awareness about mental health. The Nikki’s Fund 5k run/walk is an annual event that promotes suicide prevention awareness in honor of Nikki Harris who passed away 11 years ago. Janine Harris, Nikki’s mother, started the run in 2006. Lost and Found, […]
USD theater to open season with ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’
This September USD students will have the opportunity to see a William Shakespeare play the way it was meant to be seen —not in a musty book, but live on stage. The upcoming production of “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” by USD’s theater department aims to make this Shakespearean classic exciting, hysterical and, most importantly, accessible […]
Diversity Center hosts Passover Seder dinner, hopes to immerse students in new cultures
The Center for Diversity and Community hosted a Passover Seder dinner Monday, the second of its kind at USD. The Passover is the retelling of the exodus of Jewish people out of bondage and slavery in Egypt. Each food eaten during the dinner is symbolic and important to the story. The dinner allows celebrators to physically […]
Asian American Cultural Education Week brings learning experiences to USD
In the past two days, USD’s Asian American Students Association (AASA) hosted two events for Asian American Cultural Education Week with the goal to bring students together to learn more about Asian cultures. “We’re just…celebrating Asian culture, because Asian culture often is misinterpreted as just being a stereotype,” AASA president Tommy Tran said. “So, with […]
USD music department, community to perform Beethoven’s 9th symphony
For the USD music department, the time is finally here. The next few weeks will be crunch time before the department’s final concert featuring Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Students from different entities of the music department, as well as some community volunteers, have been preparing for this concert since the beginning of the year. In the fall of […]
‘Baltimore Waltz’ to be performed at USD
The story of a globetrotting woman and her brother will be performed at USD next week. “Baltimore Waltz,” a performance written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel, is a “humorous and emotional” story about how characters Anna and Carl travel to Europe in search of a cure for Anna’s ATD (Acquired Toilet Disease). According […]
Student Services, CAB work to relieve finals week stress
Stress levels can be high as students prepare for the final days of the fall semester; however, USD Student Services and the Campus Activities Board have created a game plan to battle the risk of stress overload. From Crossfit exercises to a play day with puppies, each activity is scheduled to adhere to almost all […]
Artists, writers begin work on collaborative art projects
Poets and artists are now in the beginning stages of planning and creating their collaborative artworks, which will be displayed on the second floor of the I.D. Weeks Library through the spring semester. Titled “Collaborations,” the project matches up a writer-artist pair, who work together to create and decide on a central theme for their […]
USD theatre performs comedic ‘Young Frankenstein’
This weekend, the USD theatre will begin to showcase its performance of “Young Frankenstein,” a comedic musical adapted from the famous 1974 Mel Brooks film. The play follows Fredrick Frankenstein, the American grandson of the mad scientist Victor Frankenstein, who is struggling to break away from the stereotype his family name leads people to believe. […]