Opinion

For the 100th Dakota Days, school spirit is more alive than ever. Throughout The Volante, we have highlighted a few activities students and anyone partaking in the week should take advantage of, and some we should not. More than anything, our homecoming is about having fun and coming together one week out of the entire […]

This week I can report my first major step toward fitness — I’ve incorporated exercise into my procrastination regimen. In my defense, it didn’t start that way. Hours before my blog deadline, I realized I’d been too worried about reading and papers to even pretend I’d done any significant physical activity. Since I already exhausted […]

As children, we tend to grow up believing that going to college is everything, and without it, no one can succeed. The problem with this mindset is that wanting to go to college means people need money — and a lot of it, depending on where they desire to go. College should not be treated as an […]

Law enforcement doesn’t always receive the most thoughtful opinions. Whether labeled as crooked offenders of the law or as fun-sucking predators, public opinion has its fair share of views about the men and women sworn to protect our communities. Our daily Internet feeds rarely exemplify the just actions of our law enforcement, preferring to instead point […]

In light of the recent sexual assault reports on campus, more should be done to protect our students. Sexual assault on college campuses has reached national awareness, but it seems little has been done about it, as it is still common to hear about. One rape is one too many, and should not be tolerated on […]

Last year during the Dakota Days parade, my son and I experienced racial slurs by a USD organization while dressed in our Native American traditional regalia. The negative actions of this organization still to this day have affected my son negatively.  Since last year, my son does not want to put on his regalia, wanted […]

This week, for the first time in maybe a year, I put some air in my bike tires and hopped on for a ride. I didn’t go too far beyond campus, but almost as soon as I swung my leg over the seat I felt a rush of happy, bike-riding memories — both alone while […]

On Sept. 28, the Broncos and Seahawks played each other for the first time since February. And there’s a pretty good chance we could see these two teams face off again in Super Bowl XLIX. The difference between this regular season matchup and the Super Bowl was that this game was actually competitive. In last […]

Dress codes have always been a constant topic of discussion which seem to spark tension among people, especially teenagers. The biggest issue with dress codes in schools is the sexist behavior they portray. Gender-neutral dress codes are how everyone should think nowadays, because it is common to see males and females not abiding by the […]