Beginning January 2013, the University of South Dakota campus will officially be smoke-free. SGA President Alissa VanMeeteren and Vice President DJ Smith met with the executive committee Monday to discuss the smoking ban and the next step. VanMeeteren said she and Smith gave the committee both the smoking ban resolution that had been passed last […]
Campus police are switching to bikes this semester in order to go green and be seen. With eight University Police Department officers already certified under Sgt. Samuel Nelsen, at least two more will be sent into training sometime during summer 2013. “It is our long term goal to have every officer in the department to […]
Sept. 17 1. 200 block North Plum Street. Theft reported of a stolen bike. Officers have no suspects. 2. 10 block of S.Harvard Street. Officers responded to a report of a dispute between persons. The victim’s ex-husband had been sending threatening text messages. Investigation is still ongoing. Sept. 18 3. Officers responded to responded to […]
A University of South Dakota professor has helped create an invisible version of the Quick Response (QR) code. Stanley May, professor of chemistry at USD, along with Jon Kellar and William Cross, professors of materials and metallurgical engineering at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, S.D., found a way to incorporate […]
The University of South Dakota’s University Senate is discussing a plus/minus grading initiative. The initiative would work to decrease grade inflation. The topic first came up during the Senate’s January 2012 monthly meeting. At the end of the 2012 spring semester, SGA President Alissa VanMeeteren spoke on behalf of SGA, in opposition to the initiative. […]
Every year in the U.S., an average 5 to 20 percent of the population contracts the flu, according to FluMist.com. Starting Sept. 25, University of South Dakota Student Health Services, located in the Sanford Vermillion Medical Center, will begin its distribution of discounted flu shots. In recent years there has been belief that flu shots […]
The University of South Dakota’s Student Government Association hosted a forum Sept. 25 to discuss Chick-fil-A coming to campus. The discussion was held in light of CEO Dan Cathy’s statements regarding his stance on gay marriage along with the company’s funding of anti-gay groups. When students voted in fall 2011 for franchises they wanted to […]
Dear fellow USD students, @FakeJimAbbott has been a blast, but know its goal was much more than just cracking jokes. To be honest, it did pretty much start out that way. I wanted to know if I could make a parody account on Twitter just like the rest of the big ones out there, but […]
Without even knowing what the word “viral” meant, 86-year-old Marilyn Hagerty sent the Internet world into a frenzy after reviewing a newly-opened Olive Garden in her home of Grand Forks, N.D. Now, Hagerty, a University of South Dakota alumna, is this year’s recipient of the annual Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media. Hagerty […]
Andrew Shim Andrew Shim’s main goal is to make his own contribution to society, even if that means he is a “dirt-broke poor person.” “I’m looking out there for what’s really needed to hopefully make an impact upon our society, and right now I’m looking at the seniors,” Shim said. The research that Shim, associate […]
