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COLUMN: Halloween calls for creativity over sex appeal
About a month ago, I began to start thinking about Halloween. Halloween is a very wonderful time of year for me as my birthday falls on the following day. I get to dress up in a silly costume, eat lots of chocolate and be the center of attention all in a neat 24-hour span. Though […]
COLUMN: ‘Frankenstein’ still teaching lessons to today’s youth
Long before a neck-bolt-adorned green monster advertised candy at Halloween, a young woman wrote a story to tell to a group of friends. This story was later developed into a novel and published. Though not written for Halloween, it has become an icon of horror in all forms of media and is recognized by a […]
Symphony to perform in Aalfs
Director of the University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Richard Rognstad is hoping to have a successful fall concert after rehearsing for the entire first half of the semester. The USD Symphony Orchestra, comprised of the string orchestra and a wind section, will perform their free fall concert in the Aalfs Auditorium Oct. 23 at […]
Rap concert sells out
A new sound will be floating over the University of South Dakota’s campus tomorrow night as hip-hop star Mac Miller takes the stage. Miller will perform tomorrow night at Aalfs Auditorium in Slagle Hall at 7:30 p.m., with The Come Up and Casey Veggies opening the show. Senior Kevin Fitzgibbons, member of the Campus Activity […]
Senior prepares for final performance
After practicing for countless hours and taking 12 years of lessons, senior Nathan Boone will be performing his senior recital. Boone, a music education major at the University of South Dakota, is set to play Oct. 24 in Colton Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Boone, who has been playing the trumpet since the fifth grade, […]
Professor to play free show
Susanne Skyrm, professor of music at the University of South Dakota, will be performing a free 18th century Spanish keyboard concert at noon, Oct. 21 at the National Music Museum. Skyrm, who has been at USD for about 23 years, teaches piano, studio piano, class piano and piano literature. This is not Skyrm’s first performance […]
PREVIEW: Symphony Orchestra to perform fall concert
After a semester of rehearsing, the University of South Dakota Symphony Orchestra will perform their fall concert. On Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. the group, comprised of the string orchestra and a wind section, will perform their free concert in the Aalfs Auditorium. For more on this story, see the Oct. 19 issue of The […]
PREVIEW: Mission Improvable to bring alcohol awareness to the university
The improv group Mission Improvable has been doing comedy shows for over 11 years, and for the past year and half, the group has been preparing for a more serious show about alcohol awareness. Mission Improvable will be at the University of South Dakota Oct. 24 to perform “A Shot of Reality with a Comedy […]
Slagle Auditorium gets a new name
The University of South Dakota announced this afternoon that the newly renovated auditorium in Slagle Hall would be getting one other new feature: a new name. Slagle Hall will now be named the Bailey and Kathy Aalfs Auditorium, in honor of Bailey and Kathy Aalfs who made “the lead gift in the historic Campaign South […]
Alumni and faculty display “warm feelings” of newly named Aalfs Auditorium
As Kathy Aalfs cut the ribbon concluding the ceremony at Slagle Hall, alumni and faculty of the University of South Dakota stood and clapped as the auditorium received a new name. The formerly named Slagle Auditorium became the Bailey and Kathy Aalfs Auditorium today after a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony held in the recently renovated […]