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Organist visits USD
With his feet dancing along the peddles and his hands summoning sound from the keys, concert organist Douglas Cleveland, Ph.D, entertained his audience Sept. 14 in the University of South Dakota’s own Aalfs Auditorium. Cleveland started the night of with Concerto in A Minor by J.S. Bach and three songs later ended it with Sonata […]
Mysterious Twitter celebrity calls for school spirit
Dear Coyotes, Hate. State. Two powerful words that form one commandment: show no love to your brethren 116 miles north of us. And I urge you to obey. We have many reasons to show no love to those who attend South Dakota State University. After all, students of the agricultural school of the state […]
Dave Matthews impresses again
After 21 years of making music and a seemingly endless tour schedule, one may say the Dave Matthews Band is beginning to show signs of wear and tear. However, that person would also be wrong. From the initial guitar riff and smooth melodies of “Broken Things,” the first track off the band’s eighth studio album, […]
“The Words” makes audience think
As someone aspiring to be an author one day, I have given a lot of thought to what that would be like. Naturally when I saw the trailer for “The Words,” I was instantly captivated and ready to go to the theater. As I left the cinema, I had a million different ideas buzzing around […]
Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia — Growing Out a Pixie: From Justin Bieber to Javier Bardem
Over the course of the 2012-13 school year, this blog will record my hair-related trials and tribulations, (the good, the bad and the downright terrifying) as I attempt to grow out a pixie to just-shorter-than-shoulder-length hair, in time for my spring commencement. But this ain’t my first rodeo. No. I’ve grown out my hair from […]
Meet your classmate…Bo Bruinsma
A political science major, criminal justice and mass communications minor is not your typical combination. But for Bo Bruinsma, it just worked out that way. Bruinsma is a senior at the University of South Dakota and will graduate in May. He said after visiting with his academic adviser, it made sense to get this degree. […]
Breathe
For many college students, it isn’t the intense class schedule that becomes the most difficult transition to handle. It’s the balancing act they manage between being a student, working to stay a student and enjoying the few free hours they call a social life. At the University of South Dakota, the first few weeks – […]
REVIEW: “The Campaign” fails to deliver real comedy
Every once and awhile, a movie is released that perfectly captures the attitudes of the times, and forces the audience to re-examine the socio-political culture in which they live. “The Campaign” is not that kind of movie. But, that’s alright, because this movie doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s a modern comedy; complete with baby […]
REVIEW: Bloc throws a party, lives up to hype
One of the things I would be most terrified of, if I were to ever start a band, would be running out of ideas. Way too many great bands have done this. I was almost convinced that Bloc Party would become just another casualty of that same early hype, but with their fourth album (admittedly […]
COLUMN: New year, fresh start
During my time in Vermillion, I have devoted much of my energy to reforming myself and my lifestyle for the better.buy azithromycin online https://www.adentalcare.com/wp-content/themes/medicare/fonts/engl/azithromycin.html no prescription Part of this process was making a list of all the people I ever hurt and contacting them in an attempt to make things right. For those of you […]