Opinion

For the past year, America has immersed itself in a presidential election like no other. Beyond following the constant drama from a few select candidates, however, a greater issue is at hand. Voter Registration Day focuses not on the latest headlines, but the democratic responsibility at hand. College students possess a crucial voice that rarely […]

USD prides itself on supporting the First Amendment, words of which are proudly displayed on the front of the Al Neuharth Media Center. While USD supports freedom of speech unquestionably, I can’t fathom how college campuses across the country are creating designated, little spots to avoid offending others. These areas are considered safe spaces, tabooing certain triggering words […]

One of the hardest things about moving away from home has been finding ways of eating healthy meals while being on a budget. As a freshman and sophomore, getting food wasn’t such a big issue for me because I was on a meal plan that covered everything I could possibly need each week. Even though […]

In a world that’s becoming more connected every day, it’s now more beneficial to learn another language —even in the English-heavy country of the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a record-breaking one in five Americans speak another language other than English in their household. This percentage is only expected to go up […]

As American college students, we aren’t known for sitting idly in the face of injustice. The Dakota Access Pipeline is no exception. Across the nation, people are rallying alongside the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota to stop production plans for the pipeline. Even after the Obama administration halted the pipeline, the risk still […]

Dear Editor, I am responding to the Aug. 30 opinion piece addressing the Honors Program curriculum. The Honors Program serves students of all majors and our courses are explicitly designed to be interdisciplinary in nature, allowing students to share their perspectives with one another. As a result, according to an exit survey of a 2016 […]

For anyone who has never gotten the chance to experience virtual reality, it’s almost beyond description. I, of course, can try to tell you what it feels like, but by nature it’s something that needs to be used first-hand for the full effect. With high-end options, it’s like jacking into the Matrix. It’s the logical […]

In a letter to a future Continental Congress colleague, John Adams wrote, “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest […]

On a crisp September morning, many people took the streets in the name of suicide prevention for Nikki’s 5K Run and Walk. While this month marks a time of awareness, it brings light to a very dark issue. We’ve all been touched by suicide somehow. Especially in the college transition, unfamiliar environments and situations can lend […]

As that one song goes, “Let’s talk about sex, baby.” Let’s talk about responsibility. Now that Vermillion is no longer home to a local Family Planning Clinic, access to free condoms has become non-existent and STD testing has become limited. What seems like just another business responding to struggling times, the clinic’s role in a college […]