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USD couple takes leap of faith with engagement
Junior Erika Arpan and senior Tyler Tordsen are seated at a kitchen table in Kappa Alpha Theta, Arpan’s sorority house, smiling and laughing together as they reminisce on their first date back in August 2012. Arpan met Tordsen in Rapid City while attending a Crazy Horse Institute summer program, and upon resuming school at the University of […]
Students connect with community through volunteering
As students gear up for the final stretch of finishing projects, papers and finals, some are also working to get volunteer hours in before the fall semester comes to a close. With the community in mind, Kappa Alpha Theta members have been volunteering throughout the semester. Serving as the event coordinator for Kappa Alpha Theta, junior Arianne Wunder […]
Vermillion man carries on tradition of family Christmas tree business
To students, Mitchel Morse is the man who unlocks the Muenster University Center every day in the early hours of the morning, the man who arranges and aligns furniture to accommodate campus speakers and events and the man who ensures the MUC is neat and tidy. But to the community of Vermillion, Morse is known […]
The Abbotts get festive for the holidays
Happy as two dogs can be, Oscar and McGovern — the pets of University of South Dakota President James Abbott and First Lady Colette Abbott — trot through the dining room of their home on Main Street, navigating around the numerous red boxes filled with Christmas decorations that will soon be set around the house. The Abbotts […]
Despite “rivalry,” college romances blossom
University of South Dakota junior Brian Juran and South Dakota State University sophomore Shannon Duxbury have dealt with the USD-SDSU rivalry much more than most college students. Juran, a kinesiology major from Burke, S.D., and Duxbury, who is from Wessington, S.D., have been dating for a little more than four months. Their relationship started out in a […]
C-Store employee has longstanding history with USD
The petite woman with the soft brown bob and infectious smile taking coffee orders each day in the Muenster University Center is Jean Severson, who takes pride in remembering customer’s names — and sometimes even their repeat orders. “Sometimes I get to be really good friends with some customers,” she said. “I love it when I start remembering people’s names […]
Students work to become active citizens through AWOL
For some University of South Dakota students, their weekend was spent working to grow as citizens through service. A group of 12 students volunteered at the Teddy Bear Den and with Volunteers of America Nov. 15 in Sioux Falls through the Alternative Week of Off-Campus Learning program. Students helped sort donations and move cribs from storage to the […]
Sound of USD to end year with ‘Spectacular’ performance
Senior Garret Olson smiled as he reminisced over his five years playing trombone and marching with the Sound of USD, the marching band at the University of South Dakota. “My freshman year, we did the ‘Thriller‘ dance,” Olson said. “It was our Halloween show. That was probably the highlight of my five years.” Olson said the Sound […]
Moen shares love of cats through book
Appealing to his family and friends, cat lovers and well-wishers, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences Matthew Moen has now published a book he had tucked away in a drawer for years. Moen had the opportunity 18 years ago to get his book, “Dumb Bunnies and Expecting Cats,” a piece of creative nonfiction, published […]
Anthropology club provides ‘relative view of culture’
Several students, like fifth-year senior Alec Anton, are learning anthropology is much more than just archaeology. Having been in the club for two years, he and about 25 other active members in the Anthropology Program Enthusiasts Society (APES) are exploring different discoveries the field has uncovered throughout the years. “You can learn a lot about where people are really […]