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Undergraduate students’ work featured in ‘Micawber Medley’
Four years of learning and a one semester of hard work is being put on display at the John A. Day art gallery for graduating art majors. Undergraduate art students are putting their thesis artwork out for the public to view. Alison Erazmus, director of the university art galleries, said this is the fourth thesis […]
COLUMN: Don’t be afraid of the F-word
Since the beginning of my undergraduate career, I have noticed a very interesting pattern during class discussions about feminism. Almost everyone’s beliefs align very closely with the ideas of equality espoused by the philosophy, but nobody likes to use the word. This is because the average person associates feminism with either the hardcore conservative wing […]
Three USD choirs collaborate for final concert of the year
Three musical groups at the University of South Dakota will wrap up the spring semester with a final concert Saturday, April 21 at 3 p.m. in Aalfs Auditorium in Slagle Hall. The concert will feature the Men’s and Women’s Choir, the Concert Choir as well as the Vocal Jazz Group. David Holdhusen, director of choral […]
Students to play in concert with Kansas
The University of South Dakota’s symphony orchestra gets the opportunity of a lifetime. Friday, April 20, the band Kansas will perform at USD on their Collegiate Symphony Tour with the USD Symphony. The Collegiate Symphony Tour began in 2010 when Kansas celebrated the 35th anniversary of their band. Guitarist Rich Williams said the band has […]
Demon barber comes to USD
Ask a student on campus to say the first thing that comes to mind when you say “Sweeney Todd” and they might say “Johnny Depp,” in reference to the 2007 movie directed by Tim Burton, but they’re missing the history surrounding the “Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” “We’ve done quite a bit of research,” said […]
COLUMN: Creative blocks leave no words
For those of us who choose to channel our energy with creative means, it can be very difficult to cope with life when a block hits. For instance, this semester I have had very big issues with creative block. Last semester I never had this problem. I wrote every single day for three months. There […]
English department to host free poetry reading
Teacher and poet Zachary Schomburg will be spending his birthday on the University of South Dakota campus hosting a poetry reading. The USD English department will present its Visiting Writer Series April 5 in the National Music Museum from 4 to 5 p.m. Heather Christle and Schomburg will read their poetry for the free event. […]
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 […]