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Students make cross-cultural connections
Senior Cassandra Bosma got to climb the towers in Rothenburg, Germany, and joined the fall festivities at Kramermarkt in Bremen, Germany, two unique experiences marking when she studied abroad in Germany for a year. The University of South Dakota encourages students to go through with this program because it gives most students a better understanding […]
Rambling Anna: Vermillion isn’t dangerous at night
In one of my classes, we got off on a tangent about how males see things differently than females. For instance, walking to your car in a deserted parking lot after dark in Vermillion is a lot scarier for women than it is men. I was the only one in class who didn’t agree. About […]
Smaller marching band hits a high note
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 […]
Athlete stays inspired thanks to grandfather
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 […]
McLaughlin honors Howe
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 musical year: Senior hopes to inspire through music
As we come to the end of the first month of classes, I imagine most students are ready to head home for the first time or go visit friends — something to get them out of Vermillion for the first time since the semester started. I, on the other hand, am looking forward to my […]
Keck yields national results
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 […]
Gallery features Great Depression prints
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 […]
Students collaborate with NASA
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 […]
Campus dynamics
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 […]