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For years, females have been given the perfect persona of how to look, dress and present themselves. This affects women and girls of all ages and races.buy premarin online https://www.pharmalucence.com/wp-content/languages/new/generic/premarin.html no prescription African American women, for example, are given the idea that their hair is ugly — that curls are not something they need and that relaxing or straightening […]

Since the end of marijuana prohibition in Washington and Colorado, many states are reconsidering their policies regarding the medicinal plant. Many of the fallacies that people have believed for so long are quickly being proven wrong, and it’s time South Dakota laws regarding marijuana use and possession are updated to suit the facts rather than […]

From a public relations standpoint, people would probably believe the University of South Dakota is a safe place. The image USD attempts to put forward is one of safety and security — a small town with a campus of the same nature. While I’m not saying our campus is dangerous — I don’t believe anyone […]

The fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) has made headlines because of its recent video showing members singing a racist chant at an SAE chapter at the University of Oklahoma. The fraternity has been suspended from campus and two members have been expelled. While it is still yet to be determined if expelling the members was […]

South Dakota lawmakers approved Senate Bill 91 which grants South Dakota Board of Regents an additional $150,000 to support of needs-based financial aid. Although this is may seem like a big number on paper, in relation to how many students are at USD, this will do almost nothing to help students afford tuition. The South Dakota Needs Based […]

The University of Oklahoma has closed its chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video was leaked of some members singing a racist chant. An OU black student alliance group called Unheard OU leaked the videos, and was happy about the response it evoked from the public. Even the national president of SAE was […]

It was April 2. I was driving home for my Easter break to Sioux Falls. What was usually a quick, painless drive quickly turned to a dangerous route full of confused drivers. But why all the confusion? Not 24 hours earlier South Dakota had officially changed the speed limits from 75 miles per hour to 80 […]

Every eight hours, a cop kills someone. Two hundred ninety people have been killed by cops this year, and in many instances, the circumstances of a given incident do not add up to what officers claim in their reports. Recently in New Jersey, a man named Phillip White was killed while in police custody. At […]

“The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life, imposed by the dead upon the living. … Who wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same.” Thus wrote George Orwell in his novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” which […]

One of the most prominent societal issues at hand today is the constant battle for gender fairness and equality. An example of this has been gender inequality in the military, not only in status but in respect. In World War I women were hired only as nurses and support staff. It wasn’t until 2013 that […]