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Sober rides: Lambda Chi raises cash for food pantry
The brothers of Lambda Chi are trying to make Vermillion a safer place to drive on the weekends by offering sober rides in return for a monetary donation. Every Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., the fraternity offers sober rides to anyone, to and from anywhere within Vermillion city limits for $3. […]
USD grad brings winged creatures to life with paintings
There is a small room tucked away in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts that very few non-art students know about. Gallery 110 is a sparse room, with only a long office table in the center, surrounded by chairs. Students go there to study and admire the art hanging on the walls all […]
Students prepare to observe Day of Silence
The devastating effects of suicide claim the lives of more than 34,000 people each year. A hundred and one volunteer students will take a pledge of silence for the National Day of Silence Oct.canadian online pharmacy https://buynoprescriptionrxxonline.net/canadian-online-pharmacy.html no prescription 16 to bring suicide awareness to campus. Junior Erik Muckey, vice president of the University of […]
Meet your classmates: Annie Miller keeps busy planning events
“Free time” is not a phrase University of South Dakota senior Annie Miller is all too familiar with. A declared contemporary media and journalism major with an emphasis in advertising and public relations and a minor in political science, Miller currently juggles much of her time between Alpha Xi Delta and a half-dozen other campus […]
USD grad finds success as dueling pianist
Though he considers his current occupational situation to be stable, Adam Nelson is quite aware of the stigma attached to his profession. “I went to several fundraisers at USD when I was a member of the symphonic band and we would have to schmooze with business graduates,” Nelson said. “It would be typical to say, […]
Neuharth honors fellow USD alumnus
Marilyn Hagerty, a University of South Dakota alumnus and columnist for The Grand Forks Herald, accepted the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media Oct. 4 at Aalfs Auditorium in Slagle Hall. Joined by her family of journalists and Al Neuharth, Hagerty was honored for her countless contributions to the media as well as […]
School spirit gets a little ‘hare’-y
The newly resurrected Coyote Statue, named Legacy, may have turned heads of some late night/early morning strollers Oct. 4/5. Legacy, was adorned with a rabbit in it’s howling mouth. This photo was taken around 1 a.m. A perpetrator(s) has not yet been confirmed. The rabbit was removed by 5 a.m.
Meet your classmates: A senior juggles dental duties with National Guard
“I could spend hours in a mouth,” Samantha Burma said as she carried her caramel mocha to a nearby table in Latte Da. Burma, a South Dakota native who was born and raised in Platte, will receive her Bachelor of Science degree in dental hygiene this December, a degree that’s taken her a mere three years […]
Comedian Anthony Jeselnik kicks off Dakota Days in Aalfs Auditorium
Another year, another Dakota Days, another comedian. The University of South Dakota kicked off the week by bringing in comedian Anthony Jeselnik, who performed in front of a large crowd in Slagle Hall’s Aalfs Auditorium. Jeselnik began his routine by saying, “I have never been to South Dakota, but I can now cross Vermillion off my […]
Online sensation to receive this year’s Neuharth Award
Without even knowing what the word “viral” meant, 86-year-old Marilyn Hagerty sent the Internet world into a frenzy after reviewing a newly-opened Olive Garden in her home of Grand Forks, N.D. Now, Hagerty, a University of South Dakota alumna, is this year’s recipient of the annual Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media. Hagerty […]