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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 […]
Vex And The Verm: The Most Prominent Culture at USD
It’s the thought that consumes pretty much everyone’s mind – Hookups, specifically hookup culture and what it looks like at USD. Have you ever hooked up with someone? Someone who you went with knowing exactly what each of you was going to get out of it. How did it leave you feeling? […]
Vex and the Verm – a column: Nathan Goes Greek, A Real Story of Rushing
For starters, I am not the type of person who would ever rush. That was until I learned what Greek life is really like. Going into this I had some predetermined guesses on which houses I would like or could get into. I also had a decent amount of friends in different ones, which may […]
Vex and the Verm – a column: Shall Old Acquaintances Be Forgot?
I have always been one for dramatics. Part of me believes that it also makes me just more observant of the world around me, What I have noticed the most, is the lack of friends around. For the past few weeks since arriving back to campus, I have felt a bit of […]
Movie Review: “Spiderhead”
The 15-minute rule. You have to give the movie fifteen minutes to get good. My personal tolerance window stands at about two minutes. However, this rule was created by my dad to convince my brother and I to watch older films that tend to take a little more time to build. Now, my brother and […]
What’s Up With the Traffic Lights on Cherry Street?
Every morning, I wake up, get dressed and drive to campus. During this drive, I ask a question in my head as I drive south on Dakota Street: how long will it take to cross Cherry Street? Some days, I wait very little, others, much longer. Once in a blue moon, I roll up on […]
Artificial Intelligence is a Friend, Not a Foe
It seems like any conversation you walk into will turn to one of two subjects (or both at once): Taylor Swift or artificial intelligence. Both topics stir strong opinions as well. On one hand, Taylor is either overrated or the greatest artist of our time. On the other side of the coin, people worry about […]
Restore Abortion Rights in South Dakota
Besides the presidential election, South Dakotans should pay attention to a key amendment they’ll find when they go to the ballot box in 2024: enshrining the right to an abortion in the state constitution. I urge all students at USD to vote in 2024, and to vote in favor of restoring this right. There’s been […]
Say No to Unsafe, Dishonest Abortion Petition
Last June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. This decision allows each state full autonomy over the legality of abortion. Abortion has shown to be a controversial and motivating influence in past elections. Currently, signatures are being gathered to amend the state’s constitution to allow for nearly unregulated abortions during an entire pregnancy. This […]
Make Daylight Savings Time Permanent
Last Sunday, we all enjoyed an extra hour of sleep or an extra hour of staying up (depending on how you look at it) thanks to Daylight Savings Time (DST) ending. However, do we need to change our clocks twice a year in 2023? I don’t think so. The first person to propose the […]