Opinion

Your editorial in the February 11 issue of The Volante on K-12 teacher pay in South Dakota toward raising awareness of the low pay of S.D. K-12 teachers was appreciated. Too frequently, the low pay of teachers is dismissed with claims that it is only a nine-month-a-year job. Too frequently, the low pay of S.D. […]

Last week, Craig Stephen Hicks was arrested for murdering three of his neighbors in Chapel Hill, N.C. — Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, Deah’s wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and Yusor’s sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. Shady Barakat was a Syrian-American who studied dentistry at the University of North Carolina. Shady Barakat was involved in his community and was dedicated to […]

Springtime welcomes the ever-so-exciting celebrity awards season, in which someone’s favorite celebrity is nominated for best actor, best singer, etc. These awards are demeaning. For one thing, awards tell celebrities that they have to work hard throughout the year so they can win a statue to represent the hard work they did in comparison to their peers. […]

As part of campus safety at the University of South Dakota, there are four emergency blue lights placed around campus. While helpful in certain situations, there are two questions about the safety devices that come to attention: where are the lights located, and is four enough? The blue lights are meant for emergency situations on campus. […]

Some days I look around, and all I see are people on their phones or on their computers. These are people who watch Netflix, party and play video games after a long day of classes and homework. It is all quite entertaining to watch. They walk around campus oblivious to the rest of the world. […]

When I participated in my high school’s newspaper, I once wrote an opinion column about why I hated feminists. My editor-in-chief showed disapproval toward my words, and I chose to ignore it and try to see what was so faulty about my own opinion. The column was luckily not published, and as my views since then […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — ISIS — is presently among many cancers that currently plagues the Middle East. Syria has been burning for years now, since the uprising against the cruel and oppressive Assad regime began in 2011. Iraq and Afghanistan have been occupied by U.S. forces since the War on Terror began […]

I grew up in a town that was recently named the 17th safest city in America by Neighborhood Scout. That city is just a few minutes drive from one of the most crime-heavy cities in America — Chicago. Just last year there were 407 murders within city limits. It’s like two different worlds. I am […]

Love — it is one of the most beautiful, positive feelings we will ever experience in our lives. It is uplifting, comforting and something for us to believe in. One holiday which celebrates love above all else is, of course, Valentine’s Day. It is twenty-four hours of mushy, sappy, yet sweet love posts clogging up my […]

Students at the University of South Dakota striving to become part of the education system have a big decision to make upon graduation — where to work. Although there are many scholarships and stipends offered to students to stay and work in South Dakota, it’s concerning some will not stay in-state because South Dakota has the lowest teaching […]