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Ping Pong Club Awaiting One Crucial Thing
Graduate student Blake Brown has found his new project: starting a club. Last semester, Brown and his friend picked up ping-pong as a hobby after classes, but when his friend graduated in the fall, Brown needed to find a new person to play with. In early January, Brown decided that making a club would be […]
Theatre Department Hosts Rock Musical
USD’s Theatre Department will be hosting “tick, tick… BOOM!” from Feb. 16-19 in the Wayne S. Knutson Theater in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts. The auto-biographical musical follows Jon, a writer, as he chases his dreams of writing a rock musical while also managing the important relationships in his life, with experiences […]
New Club Bringing Indian Culture to Campus
A new student organization, the Indian Student Association, hopes to connect Indian students across campus and bring more Indian culture to USD. The organization is still in its beginning stages but has high hopes for the future. In recent years, USD has seen an increase in international students, especially from India. One group of students […]
MUC Decorated With Decks for Another Year
The Muenster University Center (MUC) is hosting a skateboard decks exhibition for another year. This tradition is thanks to the spring class of the First Year Art Seminar. Amy Fill, the curator for USD galleries, said ART 101 students are encouraged to express themselves with their skateboard decks. “It’s all inclusive,” Fill said. “Whoever participated […]
Rawlins Piano Trio Comeback After COVID-19
The Rawlins Piano Trio will be performing a home concert in the Fine Arts building on Jan. 31. This performance is one of the Trio’s first following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rawlins Piano Trio was originally established in 1987 and consists of three faculty members from USD. The current group has been performing together for […]
A Must See Collection 37 Years Later
The Stillwell Exhibition opened for its 37th year on Jan. 20 and runs through Feb. 17 at the John A. Day Gallery in the Fine Arts building. Starting in 1987, the exhibition was established to give students the opportunity to share their artwork in a professional setting. This year, the exhibition showcased 80 pieces of […]
Clary’s Critique: The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!
Over the weekend, The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! premiered in the fine arts building. The musical was a telling of one plot and turned into five different parodies of iconic musical theater writers. The entire plot was about tenants not being able to pay rent and having to deal with, what I think, is […]
The Holiday Stroll Brings Joy to the Community
With the holiday season approaching, the small businesses in Vermillion are coming together to create an event for the community to shop, eat and socialize at. The Holiday Stroll is a seven-year annual tradition where local store owners in Vermillion stay open for a couple of extra hours in the evening to offer deals or […]
USD Health Sciences Hosts Pet Toy Drive
For the first time ever, the department of Public Health and Health Sciences is collecting pet toys and treats during the month of November. The pet drive will have donations and pet items available for students at the University of South Dakota to pick up from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m. Dec. 6 in the […]
Nikolaus Conquers Disliked Part of Music: Performance
Cheyenne Nikolaus is preparing for her last hoorah as a USD student where she will be performing in a recital featuring her saxophone skills prior to graduation. Nikolaus has been playing the saxophone for eight years and cannot see herself doing anything else. “I’m too far in to quit,” Nikolaus said. She grew up with […]