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Athlete of the Year: Ciara Duffy

Athlete of the Year: Chris Nilsen

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Leading the Coyotes into two NCAA tournaments and being named the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the year earns Ciara Duffy student media’s Women’s Athlete of the Year in unanimous decision.

Setting NCAA records and standing amongst the top in the world during his time at USD earned senior pole vaulter Chris Nilsen student media’s Men’s Athlete of the Year award.

NEWS (A1-A3) Lexi Kerzman

Lexi.Kerzman@coyotes.usd.edu

Every 73 seconds an American is sexually assaulted. Young adults — ages 18-34 — make up 54% of those cases.

This April marks the 19th anniversary for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment or PAVEUSD is using this month to further spread awareness on resources available for USD students — even while away from campus.

Savannah Schorn, PAVEUSD Vice President, said spreading awareness is important all year long, but having a dedicated month elevates support for survivors.

“Every month of the year it is very important to show awareness for sexual assault and support for survivors,” Schorn said in an email interview with The Volante.

“April is a great opportunity to show survivors how we acknowledge their strength and support them.”

Prior to classes moving online, PAVE-USD had planned on-campus events every week during this month.

These events, Schorn said, included self-care events, like Mocktails and Canvas, situational awareness classes through the Wellness Center and a Coffee and Consent panel.

With the cancellation of all USD events, these activities were canceled. Schorn said PAVE-USD is trying its best to still spread awareness through their social media accounts.

“Though these events didn’t go as planned, life is unexpected and we’re doing our best to roll with the punches,” Schorn said.

“Transitioning online has been difficult for all of us. It is especially hard to let go of all of the great events we had planned for the year, but we can only come back stronger next year.”

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USD Beacom School of Business offers webinar series to support local business during pandemic Lexi Kerzman

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Beginning on Thursday, the Beacom School of Business is offering a webinar series led by faculty to show support to small businesses during the Coronavirus pandemic.

As the leading business school in South Dakota, Venky Venkatachalam, dean of the USD Beacom School of Businesses said it’s important the Beacom School shows their support to economic development.

“Small businesses in South Dakota are the backbone of the state’s economy,” Venkatachalam said in an email interview with The Volante. “Nearly 60% of South Dakota’s workforce (is) employed by small businesses. We are committed to being a driver for economic development in the state and the region.”

The webinar series begins on

Thursday and will run through May 5. Each session will cover a different topic, all relating to the effects on small businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

“We are covering topics on cash flow and evaluating the financial options available to businesses through the CARES ACT, the US Small Business Administration and other resources,” Venkatachalam said. “We also plan to provide webinar sessions on managing stress, building your brand during a crisis, supply chain, new revenue streams and more.”

Venkatachalam said he hopes these webinars help keep small business owners up to date on resources available to help them during this time of crisis.

“We want to be the resource to SD’s small and family-owned businesses and help them succeed and grow especially during and See WEBINAR, Page A3

The next webinar session offered will be Thursday and will cover Managing Stress During Times of Uncertainty.

The rest of the sessions are listed on page A3.

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Members of Students for Reproductive Rights collect feminine hygiene products during a past fundraiser for such products in efforts to relieve period poverty in Vermillion.

Students for Reproductive Rights holds annual tampon drive online Sara Cappiello

Sara.Cappiello@coyotes.usd.edu

The average woman uses over 11,000 tampons in her lifetime, which can cost her up to $70 per year. For some women, feminine hygiene products are not easily accessible or affordable.

But USD’s Students for Reproductive Rights organization help solve this problem. For the last four years, SFRR has held a feminine hygiene drive to bring awareness and relieve period poverty in the Vermillion community.

This is the fifth year of the drive, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the drive will be hosted online. Monetary donations can be made to purchase feminine hygiene products such as tampons and pads.

Krista Honomichl, SFRR president, said although the drive has been moved online, it’s still an effective way to help the community.

“What we realized is that over the past four years the organizations we donate these products to rely on this drive,” Honomichl said in an

email interview with The Volante.

“They don’t get these kinds of donations from anyone else, and since the issue of period poverty is not taking a break due to this virus, we decided to move our drive online.”

In past years, the products donated during the feminine hygiene drive have been donated to the Vermillion Welcome Table and Domestic Violence Safe Options. In addition to these organizations, this year SFRR will also be donating “period packs” to See DONATE, Page A6

The Volante I volanteonline.com News JACK FROST REPLACES EASTER BUNNY

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USD and Vermillion were visited by Jack Frost early Sunday morning.

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welfare checks

Apr. 5 Officers responded to a non-injury accident.

One driver was cited for rear-ending the other car.

arrested.

Apr. 6 Officers responded to a noise complaint and found a juvenile in the area. The juvenile had been drinking and was taken home. Charges pending.

Apr. 6 Officers responded to a call for medical assistance. Officers arrived on scene and cared for the patient until EMS arrived.

Apr. 6 Officers responded to a report of a disorderly male. After multiple attempts to get the male to go home, he was

Apr. 6 Officers responded to a fire alarm at an apartment complex.

Apr. 7 Officers responded to a welfare check request.

Officers located the subject and found them to be well.

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noise complaint

Apr. 7 Officers responded to a 911 call with an immediate hang up.

Officers made contact with the subject and found there to be no emergency or criminal activity.

teenager. Officers found the teen soon after, and he returned home.

Apr. 8 Officers responded to a call of suspicious activity. Officers located the subjects and discussed their activities.

The subjects were released without charges.

Apr. 10 Officers assisted with a dog that had gotten away from its owner while on a walk. With the help of several nearby pedestrians the dog was returned safely to its owner.

Apr. 8 Officers responded to a report of a missing

Apr. 10 Officers responded to a business for a report of stolen merchandise.

Investigation continues.

Apr. 10 Officers investigated

emergency violation

a report of a business violating Vermillion’s COVID-19 emergency ordinance. The report was unfounded.

violation.

Apr. 10 Officers investigated a request for welfare check. Officers’ investigation discovered the subject was out of Vermillion’s jurisdiction.

Case information was relayed to the appropriate authority.

information of a past

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Stay connected with the news, keep conversations going Lexi Kerzman

Lexi.Kerzman@coyotes.usd.edu

In a time when everything is online working remotely should be easy. It should be easy to put together a paper from your house — but it’s not.

While The Volante staff is lucky to have access to Adobe Indesign on our laptops, the ability to edit photos from our living rooms, access to the internet to keep our website up to date while working remotely, we miss our newsroom.

We miss coming together and sharing what stories we are working on with each other. We miss sharing story ideas and collarborating.

We miss our little family we have made in the news room. We miss working together but we miss our interviewees and our Coyote community.

We miss scheduling and recording interviews. We miss getting to know the Coyote community. While email and phone interviews are a great alternative in times like this, it’s not the same.

We miss building connections with fellow students, professors, community members, coaches and everyone else.

In a profession built on communication and conversations, we are struggling. We can tell stories from our home, but we are missing that community feeling.

One of the greatest things about being a journalist in a small town is the connections you make. We miss those ties.

I urge you if you are contacted by a reporter from The Volante or any news source, please respond. No, a phone interview isn’t the same as meeting in the MUC pit, but it is so much better than an email interview.

While email interviews are a great option and maybe all you can fit in your schedule — which we completely understand — we miss talking to you and learning your deeper story.

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We can’t ask how your day is going via email. We can’t build that relationship through a screen.

In a time of social distancing, we want to hear your voice. Journalists want to share your story, all we ask is that you make time for us to get to know you.

Until we can be back on campus catching up in person, we should utilize the technology we have and keep communication a priority. It might be weird to talk to a reporter over the phone in your parents’ house, but what else are you doing?

As always, The Volante does our best to stay in the know and tell the most relevant stories possible for the USD community. If you have a story idea, reach out to us on social media. We are the voice of the students; let your voice be heard.

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Taylor Hagen, PAVE-USD President, said educating people via social media is vital right now. It’s important USD students and people, in general, know what resources are available to them she said.

“PAVE-USD wants to bring awareness to sexual assault and prevention on campus and there are tools and educational resources to students on campus,” Hagen said in an email interview with The Volante. “I hope people are able ... to understand the importance of consent, bystander intervention and awareness.”

Women in college are three times more likely to be sexually assaulted than the average woman. However, men in college are five times more likely to be abused than the average man.

Schorn said people sometimes don’t realize sexual assault happens everywhere.

It’s crucial, she said, for survivors know they are supported and others are educated on the reality of the situation.

“Sexual assault is still a taboo topic to many people and what we want to do is make it more of a fluid, comfortable conversation,” Schorn said. “Unfortunately this is something that happens in all communities and the more familiarized we are with it, the better advocates we can be.”

Even with the pandemic and classes moved online, Schorn said resources are still available online. She said having information available makes it easier to access it at any time, which is important.

Hagen said it is crucial to continue to have conversations on sexual assault awareness even while away from campus.

“Survivors are able to have a voice and find resources throughout this month,” Hagen said. “This month is important to everyone though because this topic is something that affects everyone within a community.

Conversations about consent and bystander intervention help to shatter the silence.”

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The status of the coronavirus in South Dakota took a turn on Sunday when Smithfield Foods, one of the largest pork-processing plants in the state, saw 438 workers fall ill to COVID-19, as stated in the Washington Post.

The plant, located in Sioux Falls, is closed indefinitely according to the company’s website.

With these new cases, the state is now close to 1,000 positive cases of COVID-19, according

to South Dakota’s Department of Health.

While the virus has hit nearly every part of South Dakota, the state’s Department of Health stated that Minnehaha County has been hit the hardest of them all. As of Tuesday, Minnehaha County has over 750 cases of COVID-19 and 120 people have recovered from the virus. Two people have also died in Minnehaha County from the virus.

Lincoln County has also emerged as a major source of the virus, registering a total of 55 cases as of Tuesday. 27 of the people have recovered so far.

Internship programs put on hold Sara Cappiello

Sara.Cappiello@coyotes.usd.edu

With working from home or not working at all becoming the new normal, people of all ages are experiencing changes in their schedules and routines.

For some students, this can mean finishing an internship early, or having an internship canceled entirely.

Cory Myers, news director of the Argus Leader, said they’ve had internships every summer for several years. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Argus Leader has switched to a virtual newsroom and canceled their internship program.

“We love having interns, but this year with all the financial complications that come with the coronavirus, we had to do some belt tightening,” Myers said. “It’s a bummer for me. It’s a bummer for some of the students who could’ve come in and spent the summer working and learning in the office.”

The Argus Leader started the internship review process a few weeks ago but since then has notified all their applicants of the cancellation.

“It’s unfortunate, but I think it’s needed right now for our newsroom to focus on what we need to do at hand,” Myers said. “Trying to coordinate and teach and edit within these terms right now when you can’t really sit down with them was just going to be a heavy lift.”

The Sioux Falls Stampede is another organization that put their internship program on hold this year.

Carlee Mechels, junior kinesiology and sports management major, was an intern for

the Sioux Falls Stampede Hockey Club this semester. After just three months of work, her internship ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mechels said this change came as a shock to her.

“I was genuinely sad, it never felt like I was at work while I was there,” Mechels said. “It felt like a big part of my life had just been taken away from me.”

With two months left of her internship, Mechels said she felt like her time at the Stampede was unfinished. However, in the short time Mechels had there, she said she took full advantage of the opportunities in front of her.

“While I was there, I learned that a lot of little things go into each sporting event that people don’t even notice,” Mechels said. “I gained a lot of hand-on skills and realized how physically demanding any job in the sports industry is.”

Even though her time at the Stampede ended earlier the expected, Mechels said she will not be continuing her internship once the pandemic is over. She is, however, hoping to find some new work experience for the summer.

Although this summer may not be filled with new interns and experiences in the workplace, Myers said he hopes the importance of internships is still known.

“Interns are always like a shot of energy into a newsroom,” Myers said. “They bring new skills, new ideas, enthusiasm. It’s always nice to have them in the room. We’ll definitely be missing that.”

Director of Honors Program promoted to full professor Miles Amende

Miles.Amende@coyotes.usd.edu

Some know him as a history instructor, some know him as the director of the Honors Program.

In his sixteenth year at USD, Scott Breuninger has been promoted to full professor while balancing his administrative duties of running the honors program and academic duties in the history department.

Breuninger was hired in 2004 as a British historian after receiving his Ph.D in British and European intellectual history. Breuninger began research soon after and eventually wrote a book on the Irish philosopher George Berkeley titled Recovering Bishop Berkeley: Virtue and Society in the Anglo-Irish Context.

After being awarded tenure in 2010, Breuninger applied to be Director of the USD Honors Program. Breuniger said this position allows him to advise students and participate in research from a multitude of disciplines.

“It was an opportunity to work with the really interesting and exciting students who were drawn from all across campus, so it was a chance to contribute to undergraduate research not just in history, but throughout the entire university,” Breuninger said.

Six years later, Breuninger was promoted. The path to full professorship, Breuninger said, involved continuing his research beyond George Berkeley and into the Irish Enlightenment, which helped develop his reputation in his field.

Being eligible for promotion also meant providing service on campus,

which Breuninger achieved both as Director of the Honors Program and by innovating his teaching to introduce new material as well as keep older material fresh. “(Innovative teaching means) not just teaching the same courses but developing new courses and new ways to approach the material of those courses within the classroom,” Breuninger said.

Breuninger said his new professorship gives him space to work on longer projects, as well as providing him the opportunity to contribute new coursework to students and USD. Balancing the work of a history professor and Honors Program director is challenging, Breuninger said, but he manages to not become overwhelmed by his administrative duties by making time to work on purely academic pursuits.

“A lot of the administrative work is never really done, there’s always another email to answer or a policy to review,” Breuninger said. “It’s been a matter of putting aside time continue to work on research while also working on the administrative duties associated with running the honors program.”

Breuninger said being promoted to full professor was a meaningful acknowledgment of his service to the university.

“It’s great to be recognized for contributions to USD in terms of research, teaching and service and to have seen the changes and improvements and progress the university has made over the past 16 years,” Breuninger said.

Clay County, which is home to USD, has five positive cases of COVID-19 and four of those people have recovered so far.

One growing question in regards to COVID19 is racial disparity. The Rapid City Journal said Arizona is one example of a state which has seen a high number of Native Americans contract COVID-19. As for South Dakota, Kim Malsam-Rysdon, South Dakota’s Department of Health Secretary, told the Rapid City Journal “We are not seeing a large racial disparity.”

As of Tuesday, state governor Kristi Noem has not issued a state-wide stay at home order.

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the COVID-19 pandemic,” Venkatachalam said. “We aim to make them more aware of the various federal and state financial assistance programs and offer resources on best-business practices to survive and grow.”

The webinars are free to any small or family-owned business owner in South

Dakota, Venkatachalam said, but preregistration is required. A full list of session descriptions and registration forms are available on the USD website.

“These webinars offer assistance to South Dakota’s small and/or family-owned businesses and aim to offer them the latest updates on various financial options available, best-business practices and strategies for decision-making to manage through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond,” Venkatachalam said.

The rest of the sessions include: Thursday, April 16, 11 a.m., Managing Stress During Times

of Uncertainty Tuesday, April 21, 3 p.m., Building Your Brand During the

Covid-19 Crisis Thursday, April 23, 9 a.m., Supply Chain & Inventory Risk Tuesday, April 28, 9 a.m., Navigating Your Family Business Through a Pandemic (using EOS®) (Cost may be associated) Thursday, April 30, 2 p.m., Managing through Change &

New Revenue Streams Tuesday, May 5, 11 a.m., Excel Basics for Small Businesses Sessions are free for all small business owners and require pre-registration.

For more information go to https://www.usd.edu/news/2020/ beacom-school-of-business-launches-webinar-series-to-helpsd-businesses-during-covid-19-pandemic

Returning textbook process not impacted by COVID-19 Dre Hill

Deandre.Hill@coyotes.usd.edu

With the school year winding down and classes preparing for the end, students are beginning the process of turning in the textbooks they’ve rented for the year.

Students not being on campus due to the coronavirus pandemic has sparked confusion on how they

can turn in their textbooks from home.

Keith Grant, an employee at the Charlie’s Store, said students do not have to go to the store to return their books. “(The Coronavirus) hasn’t impacted the normal routine of turning in books, since you take them to the post office,” Grant said.

Grant said students should look for information about

returning the rented textbooks by accessing the myUSD portal and logging into the bookstore for a list of instructions. According to the website, by the last day of the rental period, students must either buy out their rental or mail rental textbooks back.

For more information on how to return textbooks visit the USD Bookstore website.

SGA discusses large organization petitions, tables SB 01 Miles Amende

Miles.Amende@coyotes.usd.edu

The Student Government Association deliberated the approval of large organization status for eight student groups at Tuesday’s meeting. SGA also discussed changes to Senate Bill 1, a bill to establish Campus Leaders Mixers in SGA governing documents.

The eight student organizations petitioning for large organization status included the African Student Association, the Asian American Student Association, the Campus Activities Board, Dakota Days, Dakotathon, International Club, SPECTRUM and the Tiospaye Student Council.

Large student organizations may request more than 3% of SGA’s total General Activity Fund allocation, whereas small student organizations must request less than 3% of the GAF allocation.

Currently, SGA has $220,000 to allocate to large student organizations.

Five of these organizations

— the ASA, CAB, Dakota Days, International Club and the Tiospaye Student Council — all received large organization status.

All five of these organizations have held large organization status in the past. Hearings for the allocation of money to these groups will take place Friday.

Dakotathon, which previously held large organization status, was denied the status for the coming semester, as were AASA and SPECTRUM, which haven’t held large organization status in past years. SPECTRUM currently has the largest budget of all small student organizations, senator Jacob Holmberg, former SPECTRUM president, said.

Senate Bill 1, a bill to establish CLMs in SGA’s governing documents, was tabled after a discussion of an amendment which would change the requirements of the bill. The original bill establishes CLMs as monthly events which leaders of student organizations are required to attend. The amendment would adopt a broader term for events

like CLMs in “organizational development workshops,” and would remove the monthly requirement of CLMs and leave hosting times to the discretion of the Director of Communications.

“This gives the Director of Communications a little bit of leeway along with the Student Affairs committee to make the decision upon their own judgment, (such as) if they want to have it three times a semester instead of every month,” senator Alexandra Feiner said.

Bill Sponsor Holmberg took issue with the updated bill, saying the new language was inconsistent with SGA’s fiscal guidelines, as well as with the original title of the bill.

“I still support this bill, but in addition to what has already been changed, the title of the bill is no longer consistent to what the bill actually says,” Holmberg said, motioning to table the bill soon after.

Senate Bill 1 is expected to be voted upon next week.

Opinion WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2020

Trust Dr. Fauci

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Build your brand SARAH BECHEN is a junior majoring in media & journalism.

ALISON BOYSEN is a senior majoring in media & journalism.

Throughout this whole pandemic, the one person I absolutely trust is Dr. Anthony Fauci.

When you look at his record it’s clear he knows what he’s doing and he’s been doing it for a long time.

Fauci is best known for his work during the AIDS epidemic in the 80s. He worked on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) that has saved many lives.

He was named director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984 and his record speaks for itself.

He’s advised six presidents on numerous global health issues and continues his important work today.

A man who’s conducted invaluable research and led the nation through public health scares like SARS, the swine flu, MERS and Ebola, deserves more respect than he’s getting right now.

In a New York Times article, Fauci said he was concerned about the emerging sickness in Wuhan when he first heard about it.

“Even before we knew it was a coronavirus, I said it certainly sounds like a coronavirus-SARS type thing,” he said. “As soon as it was identified, I called a meeting of top-level people and said, ‘Let’s start working on a vaccine right now.’”

Fauci actually started preparing for COVID-19 before he even really knew much about it, unlike our president.

In January, Trump was asked if there were worries about a pandemic because of the novel coronavirus. And his answer?

“No. Not at all. We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control.

It’s—going to be just fine.”

Well, it hasn’t been “just fine.”

The death tolls are climbing every day.

He also believed and told millions the new virus was similar to the flu, which we all know now is simply not true.

So between the two, who are you going to trust?

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Editorial: Don’t forget about Sexual Assault Awareness Month

With anxiety and fear from the pandemic surrounding everything right now, it’s easy to lose track of time.

But April is a month that raises awareness for something extremely important: sexual assault. Usually during this month events would be held across the country to raise awareness of sexual violence across the world, support survivors and begin change through action.

Sexual assault awareness is especially important right now when people could potentially be trapped with their abusers.

We need to be vigilant and make sure we know the signs of abuse so we can help others in unsafe situations. Checking up on friends and family is one way you can ensure they’re doing okay.

UN Women said it expects the numbers of acts of violence against women to rise due to COVID-19. Social distancing can also mean isolating for some and that can be

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extremely dangerous.

An American is assaulted every 73 seconds according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. It’s a shocking statistic, but it’s also a statistic we can lower.

We can all work on advocating for survivors of sexual assault.

Organizations like Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment (PAVE) are spreading the word across the country to educate on many topics surrounding sexual assault. And USD is lucky enough to have this organization on campus.

Thanks to social media they are still able to connect and educate people while we’re social distancing and quarantining.

Whether you are going to these organization’s websites or following them on social media, you should make an effort to educate yourself on how to be an advocate to those who support survivors of

assault.

We’ve heard the statistic that one out of six women have experienced sexual violence, whether attempted or completed.

There are many people in your life that could be survivors, you just don’t know it.

And sexual violence doesn’t discriminate on the basis of sex; men, women and nonbinary people have all been subject to this type of brutality.

People who identify as LGBTQ+ are also at higher rates for not only sexual assault — but violence in general. In 2015, a survey of transgender people found 47% had been sexually assaulted at some point in their life.

We need to advocate not only for awareness but for the end of sexual assault. We need to call out predatory behavior, institutions that don’t punish abusers and allow for the conditions that allow large scale abuse to happen.

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Ali Boysen, opinion editor

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OVERHEARDS

— Duke Street

Over the past six weeks, I have found solace in talking to many people at one time to give life updates on a mass scale. I’m not a nut job, I’m a YouTuber.

Obviously, I would love to call and talk to every single relative and friend, but for me, that would be impossible.

As COVID-19 takes over the United States and we’re all glued to our couches wondering how many more episodes we can watch until Netflix cuts us off, I decided to take this time to build my brand. You should too. I’ve had success with digital platforms in the past and decided creating a personal brand on YouTube was an obtainable goal of mine.

I started a YouTube channel in September of 2019, posted a few random videos if I had the time. Then in January of 2020, I decided producing YouTube videos is something I could see myself doing on a regular basis. I set the date of Spring Break 2020 to be the mark of regular content coming from my channel.

I have now been posting content regularly for the last six weeks, with my vlogs coming out on Tuesdays and my fun videos coming out on Fridays.

YouTube has grown so much over the last ten years and has become a popular platform.

Coming from someone who is nowhere near making it yet, “making it” on YouTube isn’t easy and it takes time and dedication.

Whoever you are, whatever field you’re in, building a brand on social media is important.

People don’t get to make first impressions like they used to, your social media makes that impression for you.

Get a good support system on your social media, more than friends and family. Social media allows for connections and networking on a larger scale than ever before. Use that to your advantage to connect with a friend of a friend’s cousin who is a big name at a company you’d like to work for someday.

One thing I have instilled in myself that I’ve shown through my social media is a purpose.

It’s important to find the reason behind why you’re doing this.

I decided I want my YouTube channel and my social pages to mean something to people.

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STUDENT MEDIA ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

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Senior Ciara Duffy poses for a photo with her family and head coach Dawn Plitzuweit on Senior Day.

One more accolade for a historic senior season Three time NCAA Champ

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Senior Chris Nilsen competes in an event during the 2017-18 season. Nilsenis a three time NCAA Champion.

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For Ciara Duffy, the end to her junior and senior seasons were less than ideal. An ankle injury in the Summit League Championship left Duffy less than 100% for the NCAA Tournament game against Clemson in 2019 and COVID-19 ended a chance at another run in the NCAA Tournament this season.

Duffy’s senior season will be one Coyote fans will not soon forget and USD’s student media has voted her their Women’s Athlete of the Year by unanimous selection.

Duffy’s career with the Coyotes is one like no other Coyote has had. Duffy missed one start in her career with the Coyotes, coming during the 2017-18 season. She started in 130 of the 131 games, logging 4023 minutes, or 30.7 minutes per game. Duffy averaged over 10 points per game each season, but her senior years numbers were on another level.

She averaged 16.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and five assists this season, all career highs.

Before this season, Duffy didn’t average more than 14.6 points, five rebounds or 3 assists in a season. She also claimed career high clips in field goal percentage (50%) and three-point percentage (43.6%). Duffy did everything and

more for the Coyote women this season and the awards rolled in accordingly.

The AP All-America honorable mention received multiple mid major Player of the Year awards for her performances. ESPNW named her their mid major Player of the Year.

She also won the Becky Hammon Mid Major Player of the Year, presented by her hoopstat.

In the inaugural season for the award, Duffy, a native of Rapid City, won the award named after another Rapid City native in Hammon.

Duffy garnered first-team All-Summit League and the Summit League Player of the Year as her Coyotes won the Summit League Championship for the first time since 2014.

Duffy totaled 1,793 points, 648 rebounds and 429 assists in her career. Duffy and the three other seniors totaled 110 wins in their four seasons with head coach Dawn Plitzuweit. USD received its first AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll rankings last season, and climbed up to 17 in the AP and 11 in the Coaches Poll this season.

Duffy had reportedly received attention from some WNBA teams this season, but Duffy has publicly said she is ready to move on from basketball and start the next chapter of her life.

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Chris Nilsen set NCAA records and held world rankings during his time at USD, and for that, he has earned USD student media’s Men’s Athlete of the Year.

Nilsen’s most notable accomplishment this season is breaking the NCAA indoor pole vault record by vaulting 19-5 and a half at the Nebraska Tune-Up. The record was the fourth-best indoor vault in American history and 15 in world history.

He cleared 19 feet three times in the indoor season and 14 times in his career. He claimed three NCAA titles and six All-American nods in the pole vault. In his last outdoor season as a Coyote in 2019, Nilsen won the NCAA title, breaking his own NCAA Championship meet record in the process. His record-breaking vault of 19-6 ¼ is third in NCAA and 25th in world history.

Nilsen has been named a semifinalist for The Bowerman multiple times in his career as well as Indoor Summit League Athlete of the Year (three times) and Outdoor Summit

League Athlete of the Year (three times).

Nilsen will be training for the Olympics, which were postponed to 2021 due to COVID19.

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Zach Anderson

Senior Zach Anderson qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championship set to be held this March before it was canceled due to COVID-19. Anderson tied his school record in the high jump at 7-3 ¾ at the Nebraska TuneUp. Anderson earned his third second-team All-American nod this season.

Brithton Senior

Brithton Senior, a freshman hurdler, was added to the 60-meter hurdles field after a competitor was scratched from the field.

Senior won the Summit League Indoor title in that event at 7.74 seconds. The time broke the Summit League Championship meet record and the school record. Senior was the only freshman to qualify for the NCAA Indoor meet in the 60-meter hurdle event.

Sports Rewind: USD’s Compton awaits draft day Bailey Zubke

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Sophomore Emma Sabbagh practices in the DakotaDome before the season starts in February.

Sabbagh averaged 77.2 strokes a round this year.

Men’s, women’s golf season cut short due to COVID-19 Madilyn Sindelar

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Women’s Golf

The South Dakota women’s golf team was slated to finish fifth in the Summit League this season, with redshirt sophomore Julia Hall tabbed golfer to watch.

The Coyotes were led by Hall and Emma Sabbagh who average 77.4 and 77.2 respectively.

The team began its spring season play at the Gunrock Invite in Davis, California.

The women concluded their stint in California with a final score of 967 to place 11th. The team was led by Hall (79-84-74-237) and sophomore Megan Munneke (80-81-76-237) who both tied for 34th.

Sophomore Laerke Jensen tied for 56th after shooting a 77 on the final day to total 245 and Sabbagh improved her score from the first two rounds to tie for 65th with a final score of 250.

Rounding out the Coyote lineup was Jalea Culliver finished with a total score of 261 for 71st place.

This was the final tournament for the Coyote of the season due to invites being canceled because of COVID-19.

Men’s Golf

On the men’s side, the Coyotes were picked fourth in the Summit League Preseason Poll, with senior Matt Tolan tabbed as golfer to watch.

The men’s team traveled to Palm City, Florida for their first invitational of the season. They competed at the UNCG Martin Downs Collegiate shooting a 302 to finish sixth place overall.

South Dakota (279-284-302-865) finished 1-over par after three rounds with sophomore Ben Hicks leading the Coyote lineup with a score of 215 tying for 20th place.

Sophomore Justin Kolb ties with teammate Tate Arends for 25th with a total of 217.

Tolan tied for 32nd place after finishing 3-over par with a score of 219 while classmate Scott Fudenberg finished 69th.

Hicks was named Summit League co-golfer of the week for his performance at the UNCG Martin Downs Collegiate.

The Coyotes then traveled to Palm Valley, Arizona competing in the Loyola Intercollegiate.

South Dakota finished ninth with a final score of 862. The Coyotes (294-286-282-862) finished 2-under par after three rounds.

The team was led by Tolan and Arends who tied for 8th at 211.

Hicks and Kolb saw finishes of 216 and 226 respectively. Fudenberg tied for 97th with a final score of 228.

The Loyola Invite was the final round of golf for the Coyote men before their season was canceled due to COVID-19.

EDITORS NOTE: This article is the second edition of Coyote sports history. This article was written in April 2012, as now San Francisco 49ers guard Tom Compton was awaiting for his named to be called during the NFL draft. Compton played for USD from 2008-2011 and was drafted in the sixth round of the 2012 draft.

USD left tackle Tom Compton’s dreams will come true this weekend, as the former star of the Coyote offensive line will nervously be awaiting one very important phone call.

That phone call will not be coming from his parents, friends or relatives. It will be coming from one of the 32 General Managers in the National Football League.

Compton is likely to become the first Coyote drafted in the seven-round era and the first since 1986, when the Los Angeles Rams drafted Chul Schwanke in the 11th round. Hearing his name called will be a large accomplishment for the 6 foot 5 inch, 314 pound lineman from Rosemount, Minnesota.

Numerous mock drafts across the web have Compton going anywhere from the fourth round to the seventh round.

Compton said he is unsure where he will end up when his name is called.

“There has been quite a bit of interest level from numerous teams but I really just don’t know,” Compton said.

Compton is garnering plenty of interest because he was a four-year starter in college and put on quite a showing at the NFL Combine in February, which included a 5.11 40-yard dash and a 30-inch vertical jump.

Compton said he has been trying to stay in tip-top shape while waiting for the big day.

“The whole process has been

going well so far,” Compton said.

“It’s been going slow and I’ve been counting down the days but I couldn’t be more excited.”

Compton said his agent and some NFL players have helped guide him through the process, making it a little easier.

“My agent has been great,” Compton said. “Some of his other clients keep telling me to not worry where I end up because it will all work out in the end.”

Senior fullback Quintin McMartin said Compton is a player he will never forget playing with.

“He was a great athlete and leader,” McMartin said. “It was an honor to playing with someone at his level. I can’t imagine how excited he is and we will all be rooting for him on draft day.”

Compton said when the draft rolls around he will be watching it with his family back home in Minnesota.

“If the phone rings I know I’ll be very excited,” Compton said. “I might scream, I might cry. I really don’t know, but I do know emotions will be running high.”

What comes after the draft will be the transition to a whole new lifestyle.

A lifestyle that includes moving to a brand new city and learning how to compete against NFL athletes on a daily basis.

Organized Team Activities’ or most commonly known as OTA’s, normally begin during the middle of May and training camps normally start rolling at the very beginning of August.

“I know I’ve put forth the work and I’ll be ready,” Compton said.

“But it’s definitely going to be pretty sweet meeting some new guys who happen to be NFL players.”

Compton said regardless of where he goes he’ll give it his all.

“All I’m asking for is for someone to give me a chance,” Compton said. “It’s really all I can ask and they wont regret it.”

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SIOUX FALLS PRIDE POSTPONES 20TH PRIDE FESTIVAL

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Attendees at last year’s Sioux Falls pride heard performances and speeches from community members.

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Few cities in South Dakota have big celebrations for their LGBTQ+ communities, but this year, most are canceling their Pride due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sioux Falls Pride, the largest pride organization in South Dakota, postponed their annual Pride due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement comes along with numerous other businesses, events and social gatherings being postponed.

Sioux Falls Pride is celebrating its 20th year as an organization.

The Pride Festival, previously scheduled for June, is a pinnacle event for the LGBTQ+ community not only in the Sioux Falls, but all of South Dakota.

Rachel Polan, marketing director for Sioux Falls Pride, said the organization made the decision to postpone Pride on April 6 and have since been trying to get the word out.

“We have been advertising it on all of our social media channels and through press releases sent to all of our local news outlets,” Polan said in an email interview with The Volante.

Polan said postponing such a huge event was a decision that had to be made.

“It was a difficult decision, but the health of our community comes first,” Polan said.

Since Sioux Falls Pride Festival is the largest pride in South

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Easter is normally a time for religious celebration among families who celebrate the spring holiday, but this year was different.

Some of the Vermillion churches used a live stream to deliver messages to the local community over Easter. The Saint Thomas More Newman Center delivered a mass on Easter Sunday, as well as masses prior to Easter.

Dr. Adrianne Adderley, the Assistant Director of the Newman Center said one of the biggest challenges is because people are not physically in the church, which means they can’t receive items such as palm branches on Palm Sunday — which is a week before Easter Sunday.

“That’s very hard for people,” Adderley said. “It’s like the difference between visiting with your family and talking to them on the phone or Skyping.”

Adderley said the challenges of COVID-19 pushed the Newman Center to be creative and apply new ideas to these Lenten traditions.

Adderley said palm branches were placed near the person who was reading during the sermon. During the mass on Easter, the lilies were also placed nearby so people could see them on the live stream during the sermon.

“Those are curious choices that you wouldn’t make if you were actually in the space,” Adderly said, “if you were actually in the church, but it was a great joy to be able to think like that and be very intentional about what are we looking at, what’s the symbolism of what we’re looking at.”

Other local churches have also

downtown Sioux Falls and finished with a celebration in the park.

Dakota, many members of the surrounding communities will be affected, Polan said.

“For the LGBTQ2S+ community, postponing Pride is going to have a major impact,” Polan said.

“For many, Pride is the one time a year they get to be fully themselves around people that accept them.”

During Pride, many small businesses see an influx of customers due to the high volume of festival-goers.

“Our decision will have the biggest impact for the people that travel to our June celebrations Rachel Polan, marketing director, Sioux Falls Pride from smaller towns,” Polan said.

Polan also said people can support local ally businesses during this time. an email from one of their administrators, Chris Larson said Currently, Sioux Falls Pride is looking to reschedule once the pandemic is over. Polan said they are Vermillion Pride organizers met last Saturday night to discuss looking into options for social distance celebrations that would how they will approach their Pride.

“With everything changing day to day, we aren’t expecting to allow for people to celebrate Pride remotely, but no concrete reach a decision until about a month from now,” Larson said. plans have been made.

Vermillion Pride is set to be held in June, but they are still “We would like to encourage everyone to support their local LGBTQ+ small businesses,” Polan said. “Buying gift cards and unsure due to the pandemic.

They are currently accepting Art Submissions for their 2020 sharing social media content from these businesses are great Vermillion Pride Art Show. Information about Vermillion Pride ways to show support.”

As for Vermillion, Pride has not been postponed yet. In and the art show can be found on their Facebook page.

LOCAL CHURCHES FACE OBSTACLES TO DELIVER EASTER SERMONS Nikolas.WIlson@coyotes.usd.edu

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Last year’s Sioux Falls Pride festival begin with a parade in

incorporated technology into their religious traditions. Hillside Community Church pastor Nate Hercula said the transition to online services has not been difficult. He said the service is fairly similar to how it would normally go in person, but the support from the local community has also played a key role in the church’s ability to transition to online services with ease.

“We have a team of people who work for the university in town that are IT professionals,” Hercula said.

“They do this for a living so they have been able to get us up and running with the live stream pretty easily and thankfully we really haven’t had any issues or glitches.”

Father John Fischer, the pastor of St Agnes Catholic Church said while the structure for Easter mass was mostly unchanged, he felt the impact of the empty church while delivering his sermon.

“It’s really quite weird to be talking to yourself and seeing an empty church,” Fischer said. “I didn’t realize how much I waited for people’s non-verbal feedback, where now I didn’t get any, and it was really hard for me to preach in the sense that nobody was bouncing off of what I was saying.”

He said adjusting his emotional tone throughout his sermon was challenging, but not catching up with the community after the service was even more difficult. “(I miss) the interaction with the kids, with the adults, catching up on what’s going on in their lives, just the social aspect of it, before and after the church service,” Fischer said. “That’s what I miss a lot.”

It was a difficult decision, but the health of our community comes first.

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both the Vermillion Middle and High Schools.

Honomichl said $5 is equal to one box of tampons, so any size of donation is helpful. SFRR’s goal is to raise around $450, which would be equivalent to 3,600 menstrual hygiene products.

Honomichl said the drive has mainly been promoted on SFRR’s social media platforms, but it has been difficult to reach as many individuals.

“The most challenging part of hosting our drive online, rather than on campus, is the lack of physical presence,” Honomichl said. “Not everyone knows who Students for Reproductive Rights are or what we stand for, but they do know about our drive.”

Even without that physical

reminder, Honomichl said SFRR is still working hard to reach out to the community and receive donations.

“This event means a lot to me,” Honomichl said. “I think that this is a really good way of reminding people that reproductive rights mean so much more, and it helps raise awareness for period poverty as well.”

SFRR is accepting donations all month long on their GoFundMe page.

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