Opinion

  IN THE KNOW: The unusually nice early January weather. It’s great that we’ve had minimal blizzards to deal with as in recent years.   IN THE DARK: The unusually nice January weather going away. Way to screw with us Mother Nature. Shorts to snow pants-weather overnight is not cool.   IN THE KNOW: The Super Bowl XLVI […]

“Jump on the ship; the internship!” – Al neuharth media center   “If it wasn’t for the plague, he could’ve kept screwing his mom.” – WARREN M. LEE CENTER FOR THE FINE ARTS   “He needs to go to school. He needs the socialism.” – WHIMP’S   “Are you aware that I have testicles or […]

Dear Facebookers, I’m once again seeing an influx of “repost this status/picture/video if you’re for/against (insert random cause here)” posts. You know, I’m against cancer/bullying/hunger and any other problems you can think of. But at day’s end, bullies don’t care what your status is. Cancer won’t be cured by a post and pictures aren’t feeding […]

Welcome back everyone. I trust you all had an enjoyable holiday break, and I hope you got to spend time with friends and family. As we enter the spring 2012 semester, my purpose for writing to you is two-fold.  First, I would like to encourage student involvement in the legislative session and support for the […]

The recent, tragic loss of USD student Jeff Haeder has drawn attention to the health and well-being of students. With this tragedy, final projects due and finals coming up, it is easy for students to feel overwhelmed. It is worth the time to take a break from work and studies to spend time with friends […]

“We’ll get you pulling it out. When in doubt, pull out.” – LOWER VERM     “No, you will not eat my DVD.” – NEUHARTH BUILDING     “I didn’t know why it was called ‘the MUC’ and then I tasted the food.” – THE MUC     “I’m not good with the writing and […]

Dear students, faculty and staff:   As I attempt to write a rant for this week’s edition, I cannot seem to come up with anything to legitimately complain about or take a stab at. In light of the recent death of USD student Jeff Haeder, the miniscule things I could complain about appear very trivial […]

IN THE KNOW: “Avenue Q” was a great choice for the college crowd, and professors seemed to like it, too.     IN THE DARK: USD’s lack of transparency in the decision not to retain Ed Meierkort as head coach of the football team. What was the motivation for replacing him?     IN THE KNOW: The Volante’s […]

It has been postulated by social anthropologists that this generation is going to be the next greatest generation. In their book, “Millennials Rising” authors Neil Howe and William Strauss examine the idea that the next generation, the generation of which each student at this university is a part, will be known for their creativity, cooperation, […]

I’ve written at great length about what is wrong with sports this semester. Corruption, arrogance and cover-ups are definitely items worthy of attention. But even with all these items, there’s still undoubtedly an upside to organized sports that cannot be measured. HBO and Sports Illustrated are going to attempt to do just that with the […]