I saw my first live professional baseball game in April. The Texas Rangers were in the middle of an early-season series against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis. Ever since his amazing performance at the 2008 All-Star Home Run Derby, I’ve been infatuated with Ranger Josh Hamilton’s comeback story, and subsequently, he’s become my favorite baseball […]
The 2012 season can be summarized as too little, too late for the University of South Dakota women’s soccer team as the team finds themselves at 1-6-2 at the midway point. The team will look to turn their season around when they travel to Ames, Iowa to take on the Iowa State Cyclones on Sept. […]
LINCOLN, Neb.— Freshman Amber Eickhorn placed sixth to lead the South Dakota women’s cross country team to a second place finish, while Jeff Mettler’s fifth-place finish led the men’s team to third-place at the Woody Greeno Invitational on Saturday. Eickhorn’s time of 21:54.0 was the fifth fastest among Division-I runners. Kansas State’s Laura Galvan placed […]
I’m not sure if you have heard yet, but the University of South Dakota football team willltake on a Football Bowl Subdivision and Big 10 opponent Northwestern on Saturday. It is an exciting week for not only the team, but for anyone at USD. The Student Government Association is selling a Chicago Game Day package […]
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. MC: When you’re on the court, are you a screamer? MW: Not as much a screamer as I am a grunter. Honestly, if you get into a tough match, and […]
The University of South Dakota women’s golf team will be back in the swing of things as they travel the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Intercollegiate Sept. 24-25. This will be the team’s second meet of the season after a rough start in Lincoln, Neb. during the Chip N’ Club Invitational. “Our main goal when working with […]
This semester I am taking an art history class focused on female artists and examining the various ways in which the concept of a woman has been reduced to an object from the Renaissance onward. This class is one of the most awesome classes I’ve taken during my college career, so I feel the need […]
With his feet dancing along the peddles and his hands summoning sound from the keys, concert organist Douglas Cleveland, Ph.D, entertained his audience Sept. 14 in the University of South Dakota’s own Aalfs Auditorium. Cleveland started the night of with Concerto in A Minor by J.S. Bach and three songs later ended it with Sonata […]
Dear Coyotes, Hate. State. Two powerful words that form one commandment: show no love to your brethren 116 miles north of us. And I urge you to obey. We have many reasons to show no love to those who attend South Dakota State University. After all, students of the agricultural school of the state […]
After 21 years of making music and a seemingly endless tour schedule, one may say the Dave Matthews Band is beginning to show signs of wear and tear. However, that person would also be wrong. From the initial guitar riff and smooth melodies of “Broken Things,” the first track off the band’s eighth studio album, […]
