October 5th, 2021220 USD’s Student Government Association (SGA) introduced two resolutions and a bill at this week’s meeting. These included a resolution supporting the Center for Diversity and Community (CDC), a resolution of no confidence in the South Dakota Student Federation and a bill to re-codify the SGA Awards. SGA approved the first reading...
September 28th, 2021447 EDITOR'S NOTE: The Volante's Verve Editor Bennett Clary and Managing Editor Miles Amende contributed to this story. The USD committee working on the South Dakota Board of Regents’ (SDBOR) “Opportunity for All” action plan held a listening session Sept. 28 to report on the committee’s progress and receive feedback from USD...
September 23rd, 2021125 Senior wide receiver Kody Case always knew what sport he wanted to play: football. Case grew up surrounded by the sport from a young age due to family ties. “My dad had been a head football coach for the past 25 years or so,” Case said. “I just grew up around the game. I was playing football at a really young age.” Even...
September 21st, 2021108 The Student Government Association read a special appropriations bill for American Indians in Science and Engineering Society (AISES), a bill to increase the number of SGA representatives on the Sustainability Committee and a bill to decrease the number of petition signatures required for Senate Elections. AISES originally requested...
September 21st, 202160 Greening Vermillion, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making Vermillion more sustainable, is adding to its drain painting initiative, Adopt-a-Drain, featuring three new artists. The featured artists include USD student Dakota Wilson, Jennifer Maggio and Thea Jarchow. USD graduate student, Campus Recycling Coordinator...
September 20th, 202199 The Cultural Wellness Coalition (CWC) is a new organization on campus that strives to include all students and teach them about different cultures through events like movie nights. In an email interview with The Volante, junior Media & Journalism major Kayla Saleem said that the CWC was started last year...
September 20th, 202165 Last year was full of changes, and one Coyote faced many obstacles to get where he is this year. USD Basketball player Hunter Goodrick was not seen on the hardwood last season because of COVID-19. Goodrick decided to stay home amidst the pandemic. “I just thought with the whole COVID situation, it would just be...
September 20th, 202127 If one were to enter the John A. Day Gallery before Oct. 1, they might notice some pieces typical of a gallery space such as the lithographs lining the walls or the large mural on the back wall depicting a river and bridge. They might also notice the sailboat suspended from the rafters, the sounds of waves crashing against the shore,...
September 20th, 202116 The USD theatre department is once again preparing for their 2021-2022 theatre season, featuring musicals, dramas, a Euripides adaptation and one-acts. This season marks the first time theatre goers will be able to attend productions in-person since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Raimondo Genna, chair of the theatre department, said...
September 19th, 202155 As of July 1, USD athletes have been eligible to benefit from their name, image and likeness (NIL) after an NCAA ruling passed legislation allowing student athletes to do so. The new NCAA rules allow athletes to make money from their NIL through sponsorships and other media. For states that have legislation around NIL, schools will...
