Opinion

As a society, we’ve made valuable progress in acknowledging mental disorders and spreading awareness. This progress, however, doesn’t mean we’re anywhere near where we should be, especially regarding the mental illnesses of eating disorders. Seemingly taboo topics, eating disorders are easily forgotten, despite the fact that they’re major problems on campuses nationwide. To take a step […]

The week all college students dread is slowly making its approach — finals week. The week when the terms “stressed” and “overwhelmed” become the two most used words in their vocabulary. Stress tends to consume students over the next few weeks, and not just because they’re worried for exams, but more so because they’re juggling […]

The United States tries to pride itself on being the greatest democracy in the world; however, both major parties use broken primary systems. The purpose of a primary is for voters to determine who should represent their respective parties in the general election in November. But this year’s primary cycle has exposed some critical democratic […]

Some of USD’s walkways are as small as five feet in width. This is too small for bikers, skateboarders and pedestrians to coexist during busier times of day. As far as I can tell, there aren’t laws or rules regarding skateboarders or bikers on campus. I went to UPD, SGA, the State of South Dakota codified […]

When I was first applying for college in 2013 and got my acceptance letter from USD, I remember distinctively choosing the school because it had a creative writing major. This was the most important thing for me because I was adamant on studying creative writing, so I was pleased to know USD wasn’t only close, but […]

I politely disagree with Mr. Clay Conover’s assessment in the April 6 issue of The Volante that “high school literature classes are a waste of taxpayer dollars.” One of my undergraduate majors is in English and after 10 years in the banking industry, I decided to pursue my dream of teaching high school English — […]

The world’s knowledge is advancing at an ever-increasing rate, especially in the area of medicine. Diseases thought to be incurable, or an immediate death sentence, are now very manageable. One of these diseases is HIV. Instead of panicking when somebody admits having an HIV-positive diagnosis, the public seems almost apathetic to the news. Recently, Johns Hopkins hospital […]

Gender pay gaps are constant, never-ending issues that America seems to always struggling with, and it’s appears they won’t change in the near future. In the U.S., women hold 49.3 percent of jobs, according to whitehouse.gov. But despite this fact, and the fact that women have been increasing in the business world for more than 50 […]

On March 31, five members of the United States National Soccer Team sued the U.S. Soccer Federation and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for wage discrimination. For those not tuned into the international sports favorite, the U.S. team won the 2015 World Cup hosted in Canada, which wasn’t their only win. In total, they’ve won the […]