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USD Softball Extends Their Win Streak in Lion Classic
The USD softball team headed down to Commerce, Texas, to compete in the Lion Classic from Saturday, Feb. 22 to Monday, Feb. 24. The Coyotes performed well by going 4-1 on the weekend. USD faced Prairie View A&M in a double header to start the classic, where they ended 1-1 on the day. The Coyotes […]
Coyotes Take Runner-Up in Summit League Swim & Dive Championships
The University of South Dakota swim and dive teams placed second in both the men’s and women’s divisions at the Summit League Championships in Iowa City, Iowa this weekend. The teams set school records, won multiple events and had several All-Summit League performances over the four-day competition on the University of Iowa campus. The opening […]
Men’s Basketball Eyes Summit League Tournament
The South Dakota men’s basketball team rebounded from a Sunday afternoon loss to South Dakota State with an 85-80 victory over Summit League leader St. Thomas on Thursday night. In the contest, Chase Forte led the Coyotes with 30 points, but it was senior Max Burchill’s 3-pointer with 32 seconds remaining that proved to be […]
Coyotes Close out Indoor Regular Season at Arkansas and SDSU
The University of South Dakota track and field teams wrapped up the indoor regular season with meets at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the SDSU Last Chance meet in Brookings, South Dakota. At the Tyson Invitational, Berkeley Engelland ran the second-fastest indoor 800 meters in school history with a time of 2:09.4, placing […]
39th Annual Stilwell Student Awards Exhibition Highlights Emerging Talent
The University of South Dakota’s 39th Annual Stilwell Student Awards Exhibition showcased a diverse collection of artwork by students from within the Fine Arts Department. With 67 works, the exhibition served a way for student artists to display their creative and academic achievements. “Every year the Stilwell is special. It reflects the incredible research created […]
Dakotathon Aiming to Reach Fundraising Goals Through Push Weeks
Dakotathon strives to make a significant impact in support of children and their families in the Sanford Children’s hospital year-round. With push week in full force members are particularly committed to reaching a collective goal. President of Dakotathon Ella Wittmuss shares this semester’s goal for push week is “to raise $30,000 in one week.” Push […]
Building Beds and Building Community: Students Help Families in Need
Students are stepping up to ensure children in need have a safe place to sleep through a partnership with Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP), a national nonprofit with a location in Sioux City, Iowa. The initiative, coordinated by the Office of Service Learning and Community Engagement, involves assembling and delivering beds to families in the […]
Vex and the Verm(A Column): This One is Personal
* Vex /veks/ verb: To distress, trouble, harass, worry, or annoy (a person, a group, a person’s thoughts or feelings, etc.). This one is personal. For two years in a row, I have been denied a position as an RA here at University Housing. Granted, as mentioned in my last column, I didn’t even […]
Vex and the Verm – A Column: Farewell, Berlin
Less than two weeks ago, I learned I would not be going to Germany. I had applied for a fellowship that would take me across the pond and allow me to venture through German cities, mainly seeing media entities and how they function outside of the U.S. Unfortunately, I knew the second it […]
Vex And The Verm: A Room Full of Strangers
It’s hard to be happy for others when you’re not. I am used to it at this point, though it still pangs. Being single, and to have never been in love, at least to never have that love reciprocated. All of this is, of course, non-platonic love which I am referring to. Most of the […]