It’s back. After an off-season filled with trades and free agent signings, the National Basketball League returns for its first full season since 2010. While this summer may not have been as historic as the 2010 unveiling of Lebron James going to “South Beach,” it still changed the basketball landscape. Dwight Howard left the Orlando […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week The Volante sports staff will interview a member of the USD athletic community and ask them off-the-wall questions. Enjoy the hilarity. First-year Casey Kasperbauer is a guard for the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team from Carrol, Iowa. Kasperbauer averaged 24.6 points per game during his senior season at Carrol […]
University of South Dakota students had better get used to standing on shoddy bleachers and staring at concrete walls hidden conspicuously behind large black curtains. Because, as announced last week, plans to renovate the DakotaDome have been cancelled. USD administrators have placed the project, which would have been a part of the addition of a […]
The USD Swimming and Diving team will be taking a dip in home waters as they take on the University of Nebraska-Omaha and the University of WisconsinGreen Bay on Nov. 2 and 3, respectively, in Vermillion. The season has just begun for the team and Head Coach Jason Mahowald says that the team is doing […]
“It doesn’t get any bigger,” the University of South Dakota’s head volleyball coach Matt Houk said. Even with post-season hopes on the line, Friday’s battle against South Dakota State does not need any extra hype. “It’s always big, always a big match,” Houk said. “Were not trying to think about the post season right now. […]
The Rant Dear voting public, Ladies and gentlemen, if you truly want to be scared on Halloween, find a time machine and go back and re-watch the entire campaign up to this point. Fast forward back to today, and realize the differences between the two men running to be president of our country over the […]
Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things that we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers. “They’re having sex on TV and I can’t look away….and they’re still doing it!” — Al Neuharth Media Center “We’re surrounded by pink balls.” — Coyote Village “Jesus Christ! They stuffed Balto!” — Coyote […]
in the know & in the dark IN THE KNOW: The World Series. Though it was a quick one this year, it’s still nice to see the storied San Francisco Giants franchise bringing home another trophy. IN THE DARK: Vermillion’s lack of a Taco Bell. Thanks to a stolen base, everyone across America got a […]
There is no doubt that President Barack Obama inherited an abysmal financial mess created by Congress and former President George W. Bush. But, that excuse no longer holds any weight. Obama promised to navigate us out of a financial disaster, but has failed to do so. Employment has now crept below 8 percent for the […]
The Libertarian Party is America’s third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States, According to lp.org. Yes, that is correct, the fastest growing. Liberty and its ideals have lit a fire amongst young voters in both the U.S. and across the world. In 2012, the Libertarian Party is running former, two-term New […]
