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On June 24, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Several states, in cluding South Dakota, had trigger laws that went into affect imediately prohibiting abortion. Currently in South Dakota the only exception for abortion is if it is needed to save the mother’s life.
They are less likely to take those risks but it also raises the amount of resources they need to receive the abortion, Lampert
Lampert said the constitu tional guarantee that people have a right to privacy and
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Lampert said there were Targeted Restrictions of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws that made it more dif ficult for abortion providers by including various criteria that may not pertain to the safety of the procedure. One of these laws was the 72hour waiting period patients had to go through to think over their supportgrouppresidentLexioutaandtiveStudentsdecision.forReproducRights(SFRR),SpectrumCollegeDemocratshadprotestonSept.8tospeakagainsttheabortionban.McKee-Hemingway,ofSFRR,saidthewantedtoshowtheirandshowthecom
munity that they are going to fight for basic human rights.
During the SD After Roe roundtable discussion on Sept. 8, Lampert said a chill ing effect of the abortion bans is for people who might seek aid, funding or support.
Body autonomy, mean ing the ability for someone to demonstrate power over choices regarding their own bodies, and the ability people have to access eq uitable medical care is an issue for an entire class of people, Lampert said. There may also be ramifications,
Lampert said, for people who have pregnancies they want to maintain but they aren’t able to receive the proper medical care to do so.
“I’m hoping that students will gain the knowledge that there is a community here in town for them if this is what they’re looking to be a part of, but also to just show them that it’s small steps like this that can actually make a change,” McKee-Heming way Seniorsaid. political science and criminal justice double major Ally Feiner said the protest was for students and the community to learn more about abortion rights. Feiner said although people may disagree, everyone deserves to have a choice based on facts.
the ability to seek an abor tion has been taken away, but this will not stop people from seeking abortions. This will increase health and legal risks for people seeking what used to be a safe procedure, Lampert said.
“Theresaid.isa strong correla tion and research between a person’s ability to access an abortion when they need it, and long-term life satisfac tion, quality of life and eco nomic status,” Lampert said.
“I think it’s so important to listen to what healthcare providers say about repro ductive medicine and about abortion because they’re the people who are working with pregnant folks. When healthcare providers say that abortion bans are dangerous for all people who are preg nant, I think that we really need to take that seriously,” Lampert said.
The Roe v. Wade Conversation Continues at USD
Tom Pemrick | The Volante The Vermillion community marched from the DakotaDome to Slagle Hall on Sept. 8 in protest of Roe v Wade being overturned this June.
Associate professor of history Sara Lampert said Roe v. Wade provided a con stitutional right to abortion based on the right to privacy up to the period of fetal viability and also allowed for regulations around abortion.
“I’m feeling frustrated. I think even if people don’t believe that abortion should be taking place, this isn’t the route they should be (following). They should be going more towards funding sex education in schools and making sure that birth care is more accessible, like birth control. I just think they’re going about it the wrong way,” Feiner said.
“It actually does increase the risk for those women because of what might happen with pregnancy complications. People have always sought abortions and had abortions. It’s part of reproductive life. And I think that any conversation about abortion that does not accept that reality, and that does not accept abortion as just a natural part of life, is dishonest,” Lampert said.
“It’s a pretty happening night life, there is a lot going on and it seems like the need for our products goes later than 9 o’clock,” Flamez said.
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The opening day for the new store has yet to be announced but more information can be accessed through the Flamez official snapchat, @FlamezVerm.
“For me, student teaching felt like my first year, but on training wheels. I was able to make mistakes but learn from them,” Schwartz said.
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to help guide them through this experience. They use skills regarding creating lesson plans and classroom management to practice what they learned.
Duringsaid.the residency, the student teachers are placed in a classroom where they work with a mentor teacher to gain confidence in their skills. They also have an advisor through USD to help guide them through the experience.
Hallie Schwartz, an alumni of the program, said she used the transition year between college classes and a full-time teaching position as a growth period.
“I have support from my education advisor as well as my mentor teacher who are always there to answer questions when I have them,” Skogstad said.
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The idea for a new downtown Flamez store was born on 918 E Cherry St. within the walls of the other Vermillion location. South Dakota General Manager, Donald Flamez, said several customers were pointing out how they found it personally difficult to get to the store within the time frame without disrupting their daily “Itschedule.seemed to us that there were enough people that would be able to benefit from us being open later and we thought there is a whole side of this market we haven’t hit,” Flamez said.
employee, said. “I think it is a great opportunity for expansion into the downtown area.”
When comparing the Division of Teacher Residency and Education at USD to other schools, USD features a yearlong residency, which aims to prepare students for their future in education more than the typical semester-long residency.
One question is if the students feel prepared to go into their residency or if they feel thrown into teaching and required to lead the class unprepared. With student teaching being a completely different experience than attending regular classes, it can be stressful when applying the skills in real-world situations.
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Lester and Skogstad both said their support extends beyond the team at USD and they both feel lucky to have personal connections with people they admire as teachers.
“I was able to form meaningful relationships with students and see how they grew from the beginning of the year to the end; we grew together,” Schwartz
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The current Cherry Street location is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and while the new store’s hours are not finalized, Flamez is anticipating it will be operating from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.
“I did not feel rushed. While I was already teaching some things on my second day, my mentor made sure I was
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“We are able to not only have more assisted time in a classroom but also a slower release. In a normal six-month program, students might be teaching within the first week of school but USD students are able to have more observation time before they take over,” Whitney Lester, a current student in the program, said.
“I also rely on the support from my parents who are both educators and have given me a lot of insight on the world of education,” Skogstad said.
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The year-long residency is full of support and growth, Schwartz said. She felt the best way to learn was through growth and relationships and a full-year residency provided her that opportunity.
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The new location’s hours will overlap with the hours of the original location. For this reason Flamez is looking forward to increasing Josiecommunity.opportunitiesemploymentinthe“I’msoexcited,”Sinclair,aFlamez
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digenous independence have in creased in the Caribbean. Over 100 local advocacy leaders signed a letter about the people’s dissatis faction with the monarchy for the Duchess and Duke of Cambridge prior to their trip to Jamaica last March. Republicans in Australia are speaking out about the death of the Queen as an opportunity to become a Republic and New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern’s 2021 words about her belief that New Zealand will be a Republic in her lifetime are being brought up in debate as to wheth er now is the opportunity to make her prediction true.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II is a moment of grief for many but also a moment of pivotal change for others. This event has placed several countries face-toface with an opportunity to resign from the Commonwealth.
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The first indigenous-run and designed school in South Dakota opened its doors to a full kinder garten class on Sept. 6 in Rapid City. The Oceti Sakowin Com munity Academy was founded by the NDN Collective, an advocacy organization operating out of Rapid City.
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Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8 after maintaining her po sition as queen for 70 years. Her passing is being mourned by countries, citizens and interna tional leaders. But in addition to mourning, some countries are having louder conversations about what is next for them in the shadow of the Queen’s death.
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identity and environment. The school also provides daily Lakota language lessons for its students and encourages community en gagement.Moreinformation on this school can be found at OcetiSa kowinAcademy.org
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In New York, a state law made to address and lessen the abuse of Nitrous Oxide as a recreational drug has prompted stores to stop selling canned whipped cream to teenag ers. The legal language of the law has prompted confusion and Mike Durant, the President of the Food Industry Alliance of New York State, advised shops to use signs to explain whipped cream has become a product that will be ID’d for. Stores across the state and the rest of the nation are deciding to play it safe. This means that if some one finds themselves needing some whipped cream, they might have to be over 21.
The Queen was head of state to 15 different countries including Australia, Jamaica, Canada, Be lize, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. In death she has passed this position onto King Charles III, however over the 70 years the late Queen was reigning, several societal changes occured and now many countries are ask ing themselves if it is time to turn away from the British Common wealth and toward full indepen dence.Anti-colonial protest and conversations that are pro in
The school provides a new education option for the children of South Dakota, specifically the Rapid City area. The academy’s mission statement is as follows: “The students will develop a deep sense of belonging and increase their levels of engagement and motivation, leading to improved academic outcomes, holistic wellness, strong cultural identi ties and confidence and success in post high school pathways.”
Curriculum at the Oceti Sakowin Community Academy includes common core standards as well as having land-based learning, project-based learning and social & emotional learn ing. The curriculum highlights topics like culture, sovereignty,
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“A lot of students are going to use this program and they’re going to rely on this program. If this program does not run because we don’t have a student monitor on that bus, that is the easiest and most avoidable thing we can do,” Weiland said.
Rides are available for all USD students and civilians can receive rides as well. Weiland said Saferides will ensure an overall safer experi ence for students as it gets poten tially drunk drivers off of the high way and could bring down the rates of rapes, sexual assaults and DUIs.
Weiland said the first step is get ting people on the bus so they don’t have to worry about getting home safely. The second step is ensuring a safe environment for riders and drivers
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the fact that people have never been on this campus with the program implemented except for the seniors this year,” Weiland said.
Fromalike.thestart of the night to the end of the night, each bus will have two student monitors to ensure a calm and respectful environment, Weiland said. In addition to en hanced safety for student monitors, there will also be enhanced incen tivization with their pay grade rais ing from $12 an hour to $20 an hour, Weiland said.
Saferides made its comeback to the Vermillion community on the evenings of Sept. 9 and 10. Student Government Association (SGA) President Caleb Weiland said Saferides is exactly what it sounds like, “a safe ride for students to go to and from downtown across the community.”From11p.m. to 3 a.m. on Fri days and Saturdays, Saferides will be open and available for student use. When in need of a ride to the downtown area or back home, call 605-624-RIDE to get in touch with a driver. The service is completely free.USD did have a Saferides pro gram implemented in the past, however, it was forced to cease its services for three years due to COVID-19, Weiland said. SGA members worked hard over the summer to make sure it could be implemented again, Weiland said. Weiland said he and SGA Vice President Reagan Kolberg were talking with student organizations such as Greek Life on campus when they realized people really wanted this“Itservice.wasn’t really a thing of rein venting or bringing it back. It was
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Senior long snapper Dalton Godfrey enters his final season as a Coyote being named a captain of the squad by head coach Bob Nielson.
If that doesn’t work out, Godfrey wants to stay in the Midwest and be part of a football coaching staff or work in a front office role at the college lev el. If he goes down the coaching route, Godrey would like to coach a special teams
Godfrey’s first goal for the season is to help lead the Coyotes to some team accolades and going on a playoff run, but he’d also like to get on the CoSI DA All American team, an award that credits an athletes work not only on the field but also in the classroom.
teammates and his coaching staff the most after his playing days are over.
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“You’ve got to make relationships with those guys off the field,” Godfrey said. “You just really got to get to know them on a personal level, talk to them in the locker room and that can trans fer over onto the field encouraging them.”Godfrey remains the constant on the special team’s unit as punter Brady Schutt and kicker Mason Lorber both graduated over the offseason. Godfrey will now work closely with senior kick er Eddie Ogamba and senior punter John
“He gets to go around and work with all the athletes, he doesn’t have to just limit himself to one team, he gets to work with all the coaches, all the athletes and gets to experience all that,” Godfrey said.
“Youunit.get to work with the best ath letes on the field,” Godfrey said. “You put all those guys on special teams, you get to work with them, and it re sults in some of the biggest plays of the game.”Athletic administration is another job that interests Godfrey, as he likes the role David Herbster has as the Ath letic Director for USD.
After the season ends, Godfrey has a couple of options for what he wants to do following his collegiate career. , His first option is to play at the next level.“I’ll try and train, try and make it to the next level,” Godfrey said. “Do what I can, give it my all.”
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“If they’re struggling you obvious ly treat people differently,” Godfrey said. “Some guys like to be criticized, they’re going to dig in on that criticism and really work on it. There are some guys that you need to be more of a friend and help them through it if they are going through a slump.”
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“I’veBickle.been working with [Ogamba], this will be our second year together,” Godfrey said. “It’s not a ton different, these guys transferring in have a ton of experience.”Working with different players from a year ago doesn’t change God frey’s approach or technique to snap ping, but it changes the way he leads and mentors the special teams unit.
At a young age, Godfrey’s parents instilled the importance of academics into him and now he is trying to set an example for his teammates on and off the “I’vefield.actually pushed really hard on the academic side, harder than I did in high school, making it a priority in my college career,” Godfrey said. “I just try and drive guys on the team and show them that working hard in the class room has a reflection on the field.”
As a freshman, long snapper Dal ton Godfrey never thought being a team captain was in the cards for him, but head football coach Bob Nielson always saw something in Godfrey from day“[Nielsonone. was] like ‘you’re being a good leader, but I think you could do a little more’ and I just kept doing those things that he asked me to do every year,” Godfrey said. “And eventually it led to me being named a team cap tain.”Godfrey said his teammate mental ity doesn’t begin when he steps on the field, it comes from building a welcom ing atmosphere for the whole team.
After six years on the football team, Godfrey said he is going to miss his
Diederich does not currently plan to continue with volleyball but is open to becoming a coach if the opportunity presents itself. She hopes to get her master’s degree in accounting and become a CPA. She would also like to move back closer to home and pursue her career in Kansas City.
On the court, she plays as an outside hitter for the Coyotes. This position consists of playing frontrow offense. With her five-foot-eight stature, Died erich said her height differentiates her from most athletes playing her position.
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“I knew I wanted to stay in the Midwest. I just did not really know where that was going to be… But I ended up loving everything about the [USD] cam pus and the coaches and eventually just figured out that it was the best fit for me,” Diederich said.
“I expect a lot from the team, and I know that the team expects a lot out of themselves, and we just want to win another Summit League Tournament Championship,” Diederich said. “We want to go to the NCAA tournament… For me, I think it is figur ing out which way I can best impact the team to get us there.”Assistant volleyball coach Michael Runde said Diederich not only has an impact as a teammate on the court but also in the greater athletic and cam pus“[Diederich]community. cares for people. She’s someone that can easily form relationships with people and connect with them whether it’s a camper, team mate, donor or fan,” Runde said. “She’s someone that a lot of people on campus know because of how outgoing she is.”
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ing,” Diederich said. “The biggest challenge I’ve had to face is my height… NCAA players are typically a foot taller than me, so I must dedicate more time to make sure that I’m taking reps intentionally.”
One challenge Diederich said she has encoun tered this year is finding a way to balance school and volleyball. Over the past three years, she said she has gotten better at managing her time, but there are still times when she struggles balancing her coursework, practices and games.
Despite these challenges, she is excited for the season before her. Last year, she assisted the team in winning the Summit League Tournament Cham pionship. As she moves into this year, Diederich said the team’s and her personal goals are aligned.
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Junior outside hitter Evelyn Diederich could not imagine anything other than volleyball. From child hood to her teen years, and now into adulthood, she could not picture any moment of her life without volleyball.Inhersenior
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Growing up, Diederich never had her sights set on a specific college to continue both her academic and athletic career.
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year of high school, Diederich was named Class 6A Player of the Year and a First-Team All-Stater while assisting her team win a state title after finishing as runner-up in 2018.
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This new initiative may bring more fans back to the stands but, what cost will this come with? While the university is welcoming alcohol to the game day at mosphere, it’s also struggling
This weekend, the Coyote football team will be hosting Cal Poly for their home opener of the season. For students and Coyote fans alike, this year’s game day atmosphere will be completely different, and not just because Coyote Alley will be transforming tailgating, but because it is the first time alcohol sales will be permitted inside the Dako taDome.Nowis allowing fans 21 and over to purchase alcohol while attending a campus event a good idea? We believe there are pros and cons.
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An Ode to UBrew
The type of music you listen to says a lot about you and your feelings, but the music streaming service you use can also tell a lot about you as a person.
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an on-campus Starbucks lies in flex dollars, but money being on a coyote card doesn’t mean it’s any less expensive in the long run. Some students have mentioned the drinks from each shop in town taste dras tically different, which prevents the Starbucks chain from credibly being “superior” to any other coffee pro viders. If it’s lacking this appeal, there doesn’t seem to be any reason to add another corporate chain restaurant to the MUC. Its quality does not compensate for its lack of originality, whereas UBrew was a unique place on campus most students found en dearing even if a drink was deemed subpar.Campus administrators may believe by having a Starbucks on campus, it will make the university slightly more appealing. However,
to use. It has a direct queue order, promotes new music and provides the listener with feedback/personaliza tion (what artists you lis tened to and for how long). These factors far outweigh the “aesthetic” preference Apple Music supposedly supplies its users. The two biggest things for me are the queueing order and the ability to access and listen to newApplemusic.Music queues
songs based on the time you looked them up. This means when I queue three songs, the very last one I typed is the next song played. Spotify Music plays based on the order you queue it. So if I queue three songs, the first one will be played first. Then there are the new music sections. I think finding new music is vital to having a quality, ever-devel oping playlist. Spotify music not only provides all the new
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music that comes out and reminds you of it, but they curate personalized playlists and suggest songs they think you would like based on your music history.
USD has presented multiple new food and drink options for its stu dents in the 2022-23 school year. One of the most notable changes being the switch in the coffee shop area; as the UBrew became a Grid which servesWhileStarbucks.manyare excited about this change due to the company’s popularity, a few students find it an unnecessary addition as there are al ready two different Starbucks shops in Obviously,town. the perk of having
Let’s face it, music services like Pandora or the
In the end, it really doesn’t matter what music stream ing services you use. It only matters the music you play. But if you were ever on the fence about which one is better, you will know where I stand.
There are more than enough Star bucks coffee shops in the world, but there was only one University Brew. If we must drink mediocre coffee, it would be better to have a noncorporate option.
the proximity of the new Starbucks shop prevents this from being a pivotal factor for the university’s popularity.UBrewwas a staple in hundreds of student’s everyday diet, and remov ing it from the MUC for a main stream coffeehouse only cheapens USD’s look as a college campus. It is unfortunate we are in an age that en courages the removal of small shops to replace them with ones that are, to put it simply, “a dime a dozen.”
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radio are dwindling in daily listeners. Meanwhile, Apple Music and Spotify numbers are consistently growing. However, as someone with Spotify Premium and Apple Music, I can say with utmost certainty Spotify Music is superior to Apple Music in almost every way. From the affordability to the layout, Spotify trumps Apple Music.Tostart, the format of Spotify is simple and easy
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Submitted Photo | The Volante Associate professor, Alessandra Feris posing next to a Menicagli grand piano in Acqui Terme.
“I joined the festival as an invited performer and teacher in 2019. Since then, except for 2020, I have been bringing USD piano performance students with me,” Feris said. “Students must be accepted and are ex posed to an environment of
USD Professor and Piano Students Visit Fesitval in Italy
with other professors and col leagues and learn a lot,” Feris said. “They also had the oppor tunity to be immersed in the Italian culture and eat tons of gelato.”The three students were able to travel around Italy, thanks to the festival. They went to Milan, Turin and the Italian Riviera coast.
“(The students) had the opportunity to perform in solo and chamber recitals, play for masterclasses with international faculty, network
have to audition and be ac cepted into the festival, so do the faculty participating, Feris said.The festival consisted of two sessions one from July 5-17 and the other was July 19-31, host ing piano artists and teachers from all over the world.
are.“I performed in a trio of pi ano, bassoon and oboe,” Kelley said. “One of the trio members was from the Ukraine. It was eye opening to hear their per spective and experience their love of music despite facing other trials. Many of the stu dents composed their own music and hearing those piec es debuted was also very spe cial.”Students and faculty per formed in different settings during the festival, experienc ing different art forms.
high-level piano playing. The festival consists of artist faculty from all over the world.”
Three USD students ac companied associate profes sor of music Alessandra Feris to the InterHarmony Interna tional Music Festival in Acqui Terme, Italy this past summer. The students involved were second years Hannah Korus chak, working on a masters degree in piano performance, as well as Rebecca Kelley and Ian Kocher, majoring in piano performance.Notonly do the students
“My teacher Dr. Feris in spired me to embark on this trip as she teaches at the fes tival. Dr. Feris is an incredible musician and teacher. During performances, it could be 100
degrees with mosquitos filling the air and she would never miss or play a wrong note,” Kelley said. “Dr. Feris is incred ibly passionate about music and her students. She always encourages good mental and physical health; we all love her dearly.”This trip helped the stu dents grow alongside the facul ty attending and all the perfor mances went well, Feris said. “I am very proud of my stu dents. They were outstanding and performed at a high level in all recitals,” Feris said.
The students invited this year were able to learn from in ternational artists and teachers as well as participate in recitals andKelleymasterclasses.saidone of the most influential aspects of the festi val was the connections made with other artists and how valuable those connections
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