As the days grow shorter and temperatures drop, students may find themselves navigating more than just icy sidewalks. From seasonal depression to the looming dread of finals week, students often…
Free naloxone kits are now available at Pump ‘n Pak to help prevent the loss of future community members from the devastating epidemic of opioid overdoses.   On Dec 23 of…
CAB hosted their final event of the semester, allowing students to get into the Holiday spirit before preparing for finals.   The Stuff-A-Buddy Winter Wonderland event was hosted on December 3rd…
  Linda Gay Winters Zimmerman was born and raised here in Vermillion. Growing up, her father worked for the REA and her mother was a school teacher.       In…
 “Anora” is one of those films that once I heard about it, I was curious as to what sort of a tone it would take its story in.      …

Lightning Strikes Backstage 

There are a lot more people involved in a play than just the actors on the screen. To make a production run and smoothly there is a whole team behind the scene.       “The Lightning Thief” the USD’s Theatre department’s next show, is contemporary, but involves many fantasy themes and is a musical adaptation […]

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Vex and the Verm – a Column: Guess the Apple Doesn’t Want to Fall Far From the Tree.

 It’s that time of year. One doesn’t even have to look around to see that almost everyone is sick. I have just gotten over this after what felt like weeks of coughing and pain.       Unfortunately, I’m being plagued with a new sickness. Homesickness.       It all started after I watched a video […]

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Keyboard Exhibit Features Rare Instruments 

Through the end of the year, students, faculty and community members can visit a unique and rare collection of keyboard instruments at the National Music Museum.      Home to over 15,000 instruments, the National Music Museum holds one of the largest instrument collections in the entire nation.       Darryl Martin, conservator of the […]

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Movie Review: A Smile is Contagious…

The original “Smile” by Parker Finn movie was one I put off watching until just recently when I was preparing to see its anticipated sequel.       The movie focuses on a paranormal curse that causes those afflicted by it to experience visions of people smiling eerily at them causing their minds to question what […]

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Accessibility Updates to the Danforth Chapel

The Opportunity Center has worked on making updates to the Danforth Chapel to improve accessibility for all students.       The chapel is open for student use and can be reserved through 25Live. Students can get a key from the University Police Department for the dedicated place on campus for religious or spiritual needs.    […]

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PAVE and ICARE Collaborate one Events for Domestic Violence Awareness

The month of October is nationally recognized as Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness month. In honor of victims of domestic violence, ICARE, alongside PAVE (Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment), have been working hard to further educate students and faculty members at various events on USD’s main campus. “ICARE collaborates with other groups on campus by providing workshops/training, […]

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Dakota-Days Number of Arrests Down

With unusually warm temperatures for the 110th Dakota Days, arrests were unusually low compared to previous years. From Thursday evening to Sunday morning, the Vermillion Police Department booked 26 individuals into jail. Most were released within two hours.  According to Clay County Sheriff Andy Howe, there were 55 charges against those 26 individuals arrested. Howe […]

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