News across Greater Vermillion
The culture whiplash of the midwest
Three years ago, when I undertook the 22-hour drive from my home in Massachusetts to Vermillion to attend USD, I didn’t really think about how different life would be in the Midwest. Of course, I knew things would be different, but it’s different in a lot of ways that I didn’t…
1981 Dakota Days Queen
Carla Thomsen graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1982 and was the 1981 Dakota Days Queen. She’s also a former Alpha Phi sorority member. Thomsen has daughters who attended the USD and are former members of Alpha Phi as well. She currently works full-time at Sanford…
Ketchup Entertainment unvaults past film
The movie Warner Bros. didn’t want you to see finally came to theatres on Aug. 28 after being shelved for nearly three years. In November 2023 Warner Bros. announced that their anticipated movie “Coyote vs. Acme” was finished, but would not be released. Instead, Warner Bros.…
Study shows high CTE rates in the NFL
A recent study conducted by researchers at Mass General Brigham and Boston University released August 25 found that of former National Football League (NFL) players who died from 2016 to 2021, 25% had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Eight-hundred-seventy-eight former NFL…
South Dakota leads the nation in lowest unemployment
Over the summer, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the unemployment rates for each state, and South Dakota had the lowest unemployment rate. Mike Allgrun, a professor of economics at USD, said this statistic isn’t an anomaly. “South Dakota’s relatively low unemployment…