Swimming and diving teams see success at Minnesota meets

“We don’t rest for anything, we swim fast,” head swimming coach Jason Mahowald told his swimmers during practice. And swim fast they did. The men’s swimming team brought in a score of 909.5 points over the weekend to finish in second place at the Rochester Collegiate Invitational, while the women’s team took first place for […]

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SDBOR holds off on alcohol sales legislation

The South Dakota Board of Regents is moving forward with plans to explore the possibility of selling beer and wine on public university campuses during certain events, but is easing back its ambitions to present the plans to state legislators at the upcoming legislative session beginning next month. Janelle Toman, director of communications for the […]

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Community gathers downtown for annual Parade of Lights celebration

A crowd of Vermillion community members young and old, including USD students and faculty, gathered downtown Dec. 5 to witness this year’s Parade of Lights. The parade consisted of about a dozen floats decorated in Christmas lights and included police cruisers and a horse-pulled wagon. One of the most eye-catching floats was a fire truck […]

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Two USD students arrested in Yankton High School incident

YANKTON – Police officers were stationed at school buildings in Yankton last week after two University of South Dakota students were arrested for intruding on the property of Yankton High School. According to Yankton Police Chief Brian Paulsen, Adam Gerard, 19, from Greenfield, Minn., and Joseph Vanbuskirk, 18, from Rockford, Minn., entered the high school shortly before 1 […]

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Coach Joe Glenn announces retirement

The MUC Ballroom was packed with students, athletes, colleagues and well-wishers during a press conference Monday announcing the retirement of USD’s head football coach Joe Glenn. After “four great years” with Glenn, Athletic Director David Herbster said during the press conference he is grateful to Glenn for his work during his four year tenure at USD.buy veklury […]

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WINTER STORM WARNING

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Graduate student sets sights on qualifying for 2016 Olympic Trials

Megan Glisar has earned many titles throughout her life. A top USA Outdoor National Championship high jump athlete, a USD audiology graduate student and perhaps most important to her, a mom. Now, she’s hoping to add one more title to her list – Olympic athlete. A former Coyote high jumper for the track and field […]

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Criminal justice department unaffected despite general wariness toward police

During the first five months of 2015, around 385 people nationwide were killed in a police shooting, according to an article by The Washington Post. USD criminal justice majors are not deterred, however. “It actually makes me want to continue to pursue this career,” sophomore Nina Revolorio said. “It makes me realize that even though I’m […]

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Annual Thursday Night Live raises over $5,000 for kids with cancer

About $5,000 was raised for charity last week after students filled Aalfs Auditorium to attend the 19th annual Thursday Night Live comedy show. The show is a knock off of “Saturday Night Live” that raises money for children with cancer. Pi Kappa Alpha also sponsors a room at Sanford’s Children’s Hospital in Sioux falls. Nathan […]

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