Volante newspapers were back on the racks Thursday after hundreds of copies were stolen from the Muenster University Center, the Al Neuharth Media Center and numerous other buildings on the University of South Dakota campus. University police were made aware of the situation Wednesday night by Volante staff that the newspapers went missing earlier in […]
Only two years ago, former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.) was engaged in a tight election race against Republican challenger Kristi Noem. Her campaign trail included a stop at the University of South Dakota, where Herseth Sandlin met with students and faculty to raise support for her bid for re-election. In the end, Herseth Sandlin […]
Three former members of Congress visited the University of South Dakota to encourage students to become politically active. Former Reps. Dan Miller, Max Sandlin and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin discussed issues in American society today and answered questions from students and faculty in two open forums as part of the Congress to Campus program Oct. 29-30 […]
For the second time in roughly two weeks, South Dakota executed its eighteenth inmate in the history of the state or Dakota Territory by lethal injection on Oct. 30. Donald Moeller, who has been awaiting his death sentence at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in solitary confinement since 1992, was executed by state officials at […]
The University of South Dakota’s Student Government Association has finished drafting a letter to the future legislature regarding the Good Samaritan Alcohol Policy.buy nolvadex online https://www.conci.com/wp-content/languages/new/online/nolvadex.html no prescription In the event of an emergency, GSAP protects underage drinkers who are calling for help from being prosecuted. Included in the latest draft is a provision that […]
PostSecret will hold an event at the University of South Dakota Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Aalfs Auditorium in Slagle Hall. PostSecret is an ongoing community mail art project created by Frank Warren, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Certain secrets are selected and posted on the PostSecret website […]
Site-specific installation artist Laleh Mehran wil exhibit How to Catch a Moth’s Shadow in the John A. Day Gallery in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. Mehran, the daughter of an Iranian scientist, has lived in the United States for the majority of her life. She became a professor of new media […]
A U.S. Supreme Court case will not change the University of South Dakota’s attitude toward admissions. Fisher v. University of Texas surrounds a student who claims she was denied admission to Texas because she is Caucasian. A ruling in favor of Abigail Fisher means the Supreme Court has deemed affirmative action unconstitutional and no longer […]
Story by Christian Hansen and Katrina Vyborny Alcohol-related incidents killed more people aged 17-34 than any other cause last year. Alcohol is seen as an especially large problem on college campuses across the U.S. At the University of South Dakota, some see drinking as being more pervasive than on some other college campuses, especially during […]
Only 1 percent of the Midwest population live on farms, according to PBS.com. Mariah Jo Miller, Mark Keck and Terry Robertson are members of that 1 percent. First-year student Miller is from Hinton, Iowa and has always lived on a farm, where her family raises animals and crops. “We have horses, goats, cattle and poultry. […]
