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USD collects supplies, raises awareness for DAPL
Students and faculty around the University of South Dakota’s campus have joined the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.78 billion production that will transport about 570,000 barrels of crude oil from Bakken, North Dakota, through South Dakota, Iowa and Patoka, Illinois. Tribes across the nation have come together to protest the pipeline’s passing […]
UPDATED: Apartment complex residents return home after gas, fire scare
About 20 people were allowed to return to their apartments early Tuesday morning after a gas leak and fire scare at the Austree Apartment complex led to the evacuation of the two buildings Ileen Weisser, a resident of the apartment complex located at 800 Jefferson who made the initial 911 call, said she was doing […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist visits USD
An image is said to be worth 1,000 words, but for one community photojournalist it was also worth the Pultizer Prize. Robert Cohen, a Pulitzer-Prize winning community photojournalist, visited USD last Thursday. Cohen, an employee of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, won his Pulitzer for his photographic coverage of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death […]
USD community celebrates Eid al-Adha at CDC
The Center for Diversity & Community was packed with almost 60 people Monday night for the 2nd annual Eid al-Adha dinner celebration, hosted by the Muslim Students Association. Eid al-Adha is the Muslim Holy Day or Festival of the Sacrifice, which commemorates Abraham’s sacrifice of his son Ishmael to God. This holiday overlaps the period of […]
About 39 car windshields smashed in weekend vandalism spree
A crime spree took Vermillion by storm this past weekend, and the collateral damage is staggering — at least 39 car windshields were smashed, along with the windows of two buildings. Vermillion Police Department Chief Matt Betzen said the department has identified several suspects in the string of crimes and has forwarded its case to […]
Coyotes mount huge comeback, win 52-49 in double overtime
Twenty-one points. That’s how many points USD was down at the start of the fourth quarter before making a massive comeback to take down Weber State in double overtime during their first home game of the season Saturday afternoon. With 10:21 left, the Coyotes scored to make it 42-28. Then, with 6:51, left they scored […]
Alpha Xi Delta launches campaign for new chapter house
What started as an upgrade to the plumbing system has become a $2.6 million project for the USD chapter of Alpha Xi Delta. The sorority recently announced their plans to build a new chapter house in its current location in a campaign called Coming Home: The Campaign for 214 North Plum. Alpha Xi Delta has been planning for the project […]
Pilot recycling program still in the works, behind schedule
A pilot recycling program aiming to make campus more sustainable is still in the works, months after a waste audit found that minimal recycling efforts were being made at USD. The program is expected to be put into action by the end of the semester. Currently, the Muenster University Center is the only building with […]
Update: 23-year-old man missing in the Missouri River identified
UPDATE 9/7/16: Union County Sheriff Dan Limoges said the search and rescue effort to find 23-year-old missing Briar Cliff University student Tom Patterson has transitioned to a recovery effort. “We have not located him yet,” Limoges said Wednesday afternoon. Searchers are using boats and a plane to try to locate Patterson, who went missing around 5 […]
Coyotes fall to New Mexico 48-21 in season opener
After coming out swinging and going toe-to-toe with New Mexico for the first few drives, the Lobos proved too much for USD. After the first play of the game was a 75-yard touchdown run for New Mexico, it seemed reminiscent of Kansas State’s opening kickoff return and eventual shutout of USD a year ago. The Coyotes, […]