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Spring is a busy and inspiring time for fine arts students at the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. Each spring junior and senior visual arts students prepare for their annual student review. Graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) students prepare to install their graduating show and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) students […]

1. Do the homework you’ve been putting off for the last few days.   2. Curl up with a good book, one that you actually want to read for fun.   3. Crank up the tunes and go dancing in the rain.   4. If you’re a little bit country, or want to be country, […]

Purity Ring’s latest album, “Another Eternity,” is a pop album that comes across loud and clear. Although the album doesn’t deliver a new sound, the tracks do have the main components, such as powerful synthesizers and catchy vocal samples and loops, to make the listener want to dance. The album is 35 minutes long with […]

1. Walks Whether it’s in the morning or at night, with a friend or alone, walks can help clear your mind and help you unwind.   2. Thunderstorms It may be the small town kid in me, but nothing is more relaxing than watching a storm roll in.   3. Picnics Call your friends, grab […]

Over spring break, 18 University of South Dakota art graduate and undergraduate students — including myself and another anthropology major — spent 10 days in New York City touring various art exhibits. Sarah Sik, assistant professor of art history, was our adviser, and any student who has taken a class with Sik has had the […]

“Take Me to Church” by Hozier is one of the current pop chart hits and an album with more than a few catchy songs. The astounding thing about this song, however, is not its incredibly bluesy, melancholy sound but the impressive rate at which it overtook the mainstream pop chart. Currently, Billboard’s Top 100 has it […]

1. The beginning of the show Here we go. If this is anything like last year, it should be interesting.   2. The first South Dakota State University joke Go ‘Yotes! I hope there’s SDSU grads in the audience. They’re going to need some ice for that burn!   3. The 20th SDSU joke Another […]

Father John Misty’s latest record “I Love You, Honeybear” is a new breed of regretful, lesson-learned, apologetic songs that let the past release you and make you appreciate what you have. It’s a concept record about Josh Tillman — Father John Misty’s alter ego, and his relationship with his wife, Emma. The record is 44 […]

The fourth annual “Corroborations” exhibit is on display on the second floor of the I.D. Weeks Library. The “Corroborations” project pairs University of South Dakota visual arts majors with poetry majors from the English department. Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students create new collaborative work and broaden acceptance and appreciation of alternative art disciplines. Nine artist pairs were selected […]