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Gallery 110 hosts Loan Gallery exhibit
Gallery 110, part of the University Art Galleries, recently hosted an exhibit from the University Loan Gallery, featuring local artists. The University Loan Gallery loans works of art from its collection that are valued at $500 or less for use in public spaces on campus. Regina Jahr, mother of student Chris Jahr, walked through the […]
Exhibit displays natural earth tones
This month’s art exhibit “Generalizing from Rare Examples: work by Kristina offense.” According to her personal website, Estell, a regional professional artist, has a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. While she resides […]
USD Theater preps the stage
Crude singing puppets, gruesome murders, death row reflections, comedy and women’s issues — the University of South Dakota Theater Department 2011-2012 season has it all. The season kicks off in the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre with “God of Carnage,” a play directed by department chair Eric Hagen’s running Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, followed by […]
PREVIEW: University fine arts center exhibits Kristina Estell art
The John A. Day Gallery of the Warren Lee Center for Fine Arts is hosting the exhibit, “Generalizing from Rare Examples: work by Kristina
PREVIEW: University theater department announces 2011-2012 season
The University of South Dakota’s theater department recently released this year’s lineup, featuring such shows as: “God of Carnage,” “Avenue Q,” “Top Girls,” and “Sweeney Todd.” The Arena Theatre will also feature the show “Coyote on a
All around the world
Junior Diana Johnsen said she smelled like oil and grease after a full day of chopping two cabbages, a bag of carrots and a chicken, cooking noodles and then wrapping 120 egg rolls with her mother. But when she stood in a fluorescent purple sequin gown at the Festival of Nations Sunday night serving samples […]
Piled Higher and Deeper’ artist to visit campus
The University of South Dakota graduate school and the Graduate and Professional Student Association will host Jorge Cham, author of comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper this week. The Thursday events will feature a meet and greet with Cham from 3 – 5 p.m. in the Muenster University Ballroom and a lecture in Farber Hall […]
COLUMN: All good TV must come to an end
So the day has finally come. I am talking about the fact that Michael Scott (Steve Carell) is leaving “The Office.” And this makes me wonder why good shows have to end. Now I know some shows should end on a high note like some athletes should retire when they can still play. But I […]
Festival of Nations to be held Sunday
When senior Kilpana Prajapati came to the University of South Dakota three years ago from Nepal, she wanted to get involved in the annual Festival of Nations to show her culture and its food to others. “It’s important to know other cultures because there are people coming from different countries to the United States and […]
REVIEW: ‘Sucker Punch’ is Zack Snyder’s worst film to date
Imagine you’re a 13-year-old boy. Now imagine you were given $82 million to make a movie. Can you guess what movie you made? I’ll give you a hint: the plot is nonsensical, the dialogue is laughable and you’ve somehow fit World War I, zombies, brothels and giant robots into one movie. Of course, you made […]