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Students address social awareness on campus
With more than hundreds of social issues plaguing the world each day, students have found organizations on campus to support the causes they care about. The University of South Dakota offers a wide variety of organizations for students to become apart of and have the opportunity give back in any way they can. Sophomore Dennis […]
Minneapolis band to perform in Vermillion
Indie folk rock fans rejoice with excitement for Carolina Smith and the Good Night Sleeps’ debut in Vermillion. Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps will be playing at the Eagles on Tuesday, April 10. Narrative Feed, a local band, will be opening the concert. The band consists of four members: drummer Arlen Peiffer, bassist […]
Members of African Student Association react to Kony 2012 campaign
“It was August 13th around 10 p.m. when we were attacked and more than a hundred people, almost 200 hundred people, were killed in just three hours. I survived with my family, but my sister was shot and more than 20 family members were killed and friends also.” This is how sophomore Jeanne Namugisha, an […]
Susan G. Komen moves to Sioux Falls
Breast cancer awareness hit home with Colette Abbott, wife of University of South Dakota President James Abbott. Approached by a close friend who suffered from breast cancer, whose daughter also had breast cancer and whose mother had died from the disease, Abbott founded the first South Dakota Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure held […]
Sharing his talents
When Saturnino John came to the United States as a refugee in 1994 from the Republic of South Sudan, he always knew he would one day go back. “Ever since I came to this country, I wanted to achieve that particular goal,” John said. “I wanted to go back, educate people with what I know.” […]
COLUMN: Serious heath issues overlooked at USD
The following column is dedicated to the administration of this fine university. As a student, there are certain issues I feel they have done an excellent job of ignoring, and I would like to appeal to them to make a change. I realize you have been out of college for many years and may not […]
USD alumnus’ art subject of exhibit
Arts educator and ceramicist Travis Hinton took inspiration from his college sketch book for his Imagined Realities exhibition which is now located in Gallery 110 of the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts. A University of South Dakota alumnus, Hinton’s inspiration for the exhibit was pop culture and entertainment. “In current TV and media […]
Festival of Nations to highlight campus diversity
The International Students Club is hosting their annual Festival of Nations celebration Saturday. The event will be held in the Muenster University Center Ballroom from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Festival of Nations is an event meant to recognize the diverse population of people at the University of South Dakota and the Vermillion area. It […]
COLUMN: Breaking up is hard to do
Throughout my misadventures in love I have been given a lot of very strange advice. One of the strangest was to stay friends with my exes after getting dumped because that is the only way to maturely handle the situation. Though I realize that there are some people who can do such a thing, this […]
Movie premieres Friday
Think “Harry Potter.” Or “Twilight.” But instead of wizards, witches and vampires, think impoverished families fighting to survive. Instead of current times, think future. While you’re at it, think “1984.” The Hunger Games, the first in a three-book series by Suzanne Collins, is set to hit theaters Friday and has some University of South Dakota […]