By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Aeolian processes – the ability of the wind to change the surface of the earth – have a potentially large effect on the formation of and changes to sandbars. This is why USD undergrad Karen Herrig and Dr. Mark Sweeney, associate professor of earth sciences, are … Read Article
Graduate and undergraduate students from several regional colleges and universities will make presentations at the 48th annual Student History Conference, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 16, at the University of South Dakota Muenster University Center. Professor Robert Carriker of Gonzaga University, national president of Phi Alpha Theta, … Read Article
By Parker Knox Sportswriter Vermillion’s girls golf team split a pair of duals in the first week of the season, dominating Madison and losing by four strokes to Canton. The Tanagers bettered Madison by 24 strokes, 373-397, in a dual played at The Bluffs. Brooke Schwasinger and Allison Heine … Read Article
By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net IdeaFest, an annual event at the University of South Dakota, brought former NASA astronaut Capt. Mark Kelly to the Vermillion campus Wednesday. Wednesday night, he talked about his success in space as well as his personal life in a lecture in Aalfs Auditorium at Slagle Hall. … Read Article
The Alpha Xi Delta Womens’s Fraternity at the University of South Dakota in conjunction with Autism Speaks are celebrating Autism Awareness throughout the month of April. To help spread awareness for Autism, a disorder that affects 1 in 88 children, Alpha Xi Delta is decorating Prentis Park with blue ribbons … Read Article
By Parker Knox Sportswriter Vermillion High’s baseball team, with a resounding season-opening win under their belts, open their home schedule tonight (Friday) in league play against Dakota Valley. The varsity will take the field at Prentis Park at 5 p.m. with a JV game to follow at 7. On Sunday … Read Article
Samuel Pearson, a senior at Vermillion High School, won the state Poetry Out Loud (POL) competition, Monday in Sioux Falls. Pearson will travel to Washington, D.C., to represent South Dakota at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals April 28-30. Pearson also won a $200 cash award, and his school will … Read Article
The Langston Hughes Project, a multimedia concert performance of Langston Hughes’ kaleidoscopic jazz, is coming to the University of South Dakota for an 8 p.m. performance on Tuesday, April 9, at Farber Hall inside of Old Main. The performance, “Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz,” is Hughes’ homage in … Read Article
The South Dakota Oral History Center is finding a new home at the I.D. Weeks Library on the campus of the University of South Dakota. The center holds thousands of recorded interviews dating back to the 1950s that document personal experiences from the people who lived the history of the … Read Article
ABERDEEN, S.D. – According to a report presented to the South Dakota Board of Regents, the Governor’s Research Centers continue to meet their goals for accelerating growth of competitive research and strengthening South Dakota’s economy through emphasis on converting ideas to commercial endeavors. “South Dakota has traditionally lagged behind other … Read Article
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