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SDBOR Representatives meet with student organization leaders
Before the Senate Bill 55 task force meeting on Oct. 14, at 4:30 p.m., a meeting was held between members of the South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR) and several student organization presidents to discuss how the soon-to-be-established Opportunity Center would impact USD. General Counsel Nathan Lukkes explained the Opportunity Center and answered a majority of the […]
SGA hears student concerns about CDC, requests formal plans for the Opportunity Center
The Student Government Association (SGA) heard concerns from students involved in Spectrum about the Opportunity Center at Tuesday’s meeting. SGA also passed Senate Bill 68, Senate Resolution Eight and Senate Resolution 11 as an emergency resolution. SGA introduced Senate Resolutions 10 and tabled Senate Resolution Nine. Isabel Young, the president of Spectrum, expressed concerns about […]
Kicking-Off Halloween with a Fashion Show
Spectrum hosted a Great Pumpkin Gala Fashion Show in the Muenster University Center (MUC) pit Oct. 15. Spectrum is a gender and sexuality alliance club on campus at the USD. The fashion show contestants included a witch, Lin Manuel Miranda, a hippie, a bunny, a bull and a conservative mother and her gay son. Spectrum’s […]
SGA addresses concerns about CDC, Opportunity Center
At this week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, the body received feedback on the university administration’s efforts to install an “Opportunity Center” at USD’s Center for Diversity and Community (CDC). SGA also considered two new bills, one to allocate special appropriations funds to the First-Generation Student Organization and a second to increase transparency on SGA’s […]
Spectrum hosts Drag Show to celebrate LGBTQ culture
USD’s Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance brought out all the stops for this year’s Pride Week. From April 19- 24, Spectrum hosted a gamut of events at USD such as bingo, movies and the annual Drag Show. President of Spectrum, Isabel Young, said because of COVID-19, last year’s festivities were canceled, so Spectrum went above […]
SGA cuts organization budgets due to lower enrollment projections
In the Student Government Association’s (SGA) annual budgeting process, many student organizations have seen cuts to their requests. This comes as a decrease in enrollment following the pandemic caused reductions in USD’s General Activities Fund (GAF), which, in addition to SGA spending, includes athletics, student media and maintenance. One organization impacted by the reduction in […]
Promoting history and education for the LGBTQ community at USD
Spectrum, I CARE and Women, Gender and Sexualtiy Studies have teamed up to bring LGBTQ history to USD this October. October is LGBTQ History Month and the three groups have ensured that there are many events and activities throughout the month to educate students and shed light on the long history of the LGBTQ community. […]