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. Junior Allen Saint-Gelais is a forward for the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team from Guadeloupe, France. Kelly Stewart: How did you first get into basketball? Allen Saint-Gelais: I […]
After breaking multiple school records and personal bests, both the USD men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams earned third place at the Summit League Conference Championships in Rochester, Mich. The USD women, who have placed third in conference the previous three years, tallied 544 points and the men reached their highest conference placing ever, […]
Coming off of a performance on Feb. 17 at the John Dalton Invitational, where four University of South Dakota track and field athletes set new school records, the USD men and women’s track and field team will compete for the Summit League Indoor Track Championships on Feb. 24-25 in Fort Wayne, Ind. This marks the […]
Entering a final three-game home stand, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team will look to finish out their season with three consecutive home wins. The start of that task will be on Saturday Feb. 25, when the Coyotes host the University of Oakland Golden Grizzlies. Oakland was chosen to finish in second in […]
With two games left in the season the fans of the University of South Dakota Basketball team will find out if the men’s basketball team is hungry or if they’re starving. The answer to that question will be found over the next three days, as the Coyotes (9-17) close out their regular season with two […]
I have been pulled over a total of six times while driving my own car. Comparatively, I have never been pulled over while driving my grandma’s Lincoln Towncar, a friend’s Denali suburban or my mom’s Camry. Young people are constantly profiled. If you’re under 25 and drive any kind of used car that was made […]
Ksenia Nosikova, professor of piano at the University of Iowa, will come to the University of South Dakota where she will hold a piano masterclass and a recital. The masterclass will take place Feb. 23 while the students and community members from Vermillion will have the opportunity to hear Nosikova’s music at 7:30 p.m. on […]
The Brown Bag Lunch Program at the National Music Museum will feature a band who has been around for more than 25 years. Deborah Reeves, Curator of Education at the National Music Museum, said A Sound of Brass has kept going over the years. “The band was founded in 1984,” Reeves said. “Although it has […]
Three choir groups at the University of South Dakota have been preparing since the beginning of the semester for a showcase being presented Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. The chamber singers, men’s and women’s chorus, as well as the concert choir will perform Saturday. David Holdhusen, director of choral activities, said this is the first […]
The University of South Dakota’s music department will feature two jazz ensembles in concert for the first time this semester. The ensembles will peform Wednesday Feb. 21 in Colton Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The two ensembles feature approximately 40 USD students ranging from freshmen to graduate students. Assistant professor Christopher Kocher said the ensembles […]
