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This year’s Sound of USD marching band is smaller than in previous years, but junior drum major Sam Schroeder said the band sounds the best it has since he joined as a first-year student. The 2013 band, which has 115 members, is currently preparing its “Movies” field show, which  will debut at the Dakota Days […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: During the semester, The Volante will be featuring a variety of students and their unique stories for a campus dynamic feature. If you or someone you know has an interesting story, contact Katrinia.McGuire@coyotes.usd.edu. Name: Keyen Lage Hometown: Sioux Falls, S.D. Year: Sophomore Major: Business finance Position: Outside linebacker No. 33 Kelsey Kroger: Who is your favorite opponent? Keyen Lage: “South […]

Crazy Horse’s uncle may be depicted in a Lakota ledger from Little Bighorn, social anthropologist Irene Castle McLaughlin said during this year’s annual Oscar Howe Memorial Lecture. About 70 were in attendance in Farber Hall last week for the lecture, “Riders of the Storm: A Plains Indian Ledger from Red Cloud’s War.” “It’s a real […]

A University of South Dakota student is a finalist for a national award in Future Farmers of America. Sophomore Mark Keck’s approach to a required project led him to be one of four finalists in the running for the American Star in Agriscience Award. Each finalist received a $2,000 cash award along with a trip […]

Sixty original prints depicting regional agrarian life and labor struggles during the Great Depression of the 1930s are on display for students and the public through the end of the week at the John A. Day Gallery in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. “Dust, Metal and Stone: The Graphic Arts of […]

Five University of South Dakota students and their professor collaborated with NASA for an online project during the 2012-13 school year that has resulted in several design awards. Collin Hover, assistant professor of graphic design, senior Calvin LaBrie and May 2013 graduates Ashley Palmer, Amy Gehling, Amanda Connelly and Keaton Solomon created a website called […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Throughout the semester, The Volante will be featuring a variety of students and their unique stories. If you or someone you know has an interesting story, contact Katrinia.McGuire@coyotes.usd.edu. For Reanna Schultz art is more than her major, it’s her passion. The fifth-year student from Yankton is pursuing a fine arts degree with a […]

Michaela Youngberg is a sophomore at the University of South Dakota. She is from Alaska/Wasilla, Alaska and is an English major. Sam McMahon: What would you like to do after you graduate? Michaela Youngberg: I would like to go to law school. SM: Why did you choose USD? MY: Alaska didn’t really offer me a whole lot […]

University of South Dakota seniors Ross Miller and Dylan West didn’t originally set out to create music together, but after becoming housemates in 2011, they tested the waters and realized they clicked. Together, the two create electronica-based music that also features rap. One of West’s roommates ended up backing out of moving in at the […]

For some, making the transition from being a high school kid in the summer to becoming a collegiate on move-in day can be stressful. For Kallie Smith, a first-year student living in Olson Hall, the change went smoothly. After driving three hours from her hometown of Springfield, Minn., she is primed to major in business […]