Opinion

Saturday started out just like any other trip to the local Walmart for me. I needed to get some necessities, such as soap and food, and wasn’t expecting anything of interest to happen. After I checked out at the cash register I made my way to the exit, but before I could leave the store, I […]

If you would have asked me what I thought about the Modern Languages and Linguistics Department at the University of South Dakota last year, you would hear of the consistent frustration I endured. Frustrated my voice was not being heard, in course evaluations or my verbal complaints, my two years in the program were a […]

College is one place you don’t want to mess around, but at the same time we should not be afraid to fail. Author Jarod Kintz once said, “College has given me the confidence I need to fail.” This quote should not only embody each of us, but also should empower us. Maybe it’s just me, but […]

I used to think I handled stress well. This was mainly because I haven’t outright clobbered anyone or broken down screaming about whether Andrew Garfield or Tobey Maguire was a better Spiderman (yet). My strategy tends to be, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going to the vending machine.” It occurs to me […]

Due to the recent mishandling of the Ray Rice incident, Roger Goodell should step down as the commissioner of the NFL. In July, Rice was suspended for the first two games of the upcoming season. He was caught on casino hotel videotape dragging his fiance out of the elevator who appeared to be unconscious. But […]

A single mother in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 12 to 18 months in prison for buying abortion pills online for her 16-year-old daughter, violating a state law that prohibits abortions from being performed except by physicians. Jennifer Ann Whalen bought the pills from a website, claiming she did so because there was not a clinic in […]

The LGBT community is always coming together to bring equality for people of every sexual orientation. It seems, however, that many people forget the fact that the “B” coexists in the group. It is there because it is real, and many people do not acknowledge it for what it is. The “B” in LGBT is for […]

As someone who doesn’t handle change well, college is a whirlwind for me. Freshman year is kicking my butt, and it hasn’t even been a month. I feel like an idiot everywhere I go — walking down the wrong side of the sidewalk, not knowing where things are, not realizing that your assignment descriptions are in the […]

When young children are in their prime and developing their entire being, a simple idea is usually planted in their brains: gender roles. This includes teaching children that girls must wear pink skirts and act cute, and boys have to be smart and tough. It’s especially hard for children and teenagers to express themselves the way they […]

Timber Hawkeye once said, “Let your light shine bright so that others can see their way out of the dark.” Hawkeye’s words of encouragement is one of my personal favorites as it keeps me going  on days when I feel like I’m in the dark myself. My name is Ashley, I am a first-year here at USD, […]