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Coyote volleyball splits weekend, celebrates seniors

The new Opportunity Center will be implemented on USD’s campus and along with this change the the Center for Diversity and Community (CDC) will be reimagined.

Coyotes volleyball team took on two top Summit League opponents, the first game being Thursday, Nov. 11 against the Denver Pioneers.

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USD ESPORTS COMPETES FOR $15,000

Miles Amende | The Volante The USD Esports team is competing in another Twitter competition for $15,000. The competition is sponsored by Learfield, the sports marketing company who manages Coyote Sports Properties, pictured above is the check from last years’ competition.

Twitter competition. for USD Esports, said any time Miles Amende As of Tuesday, USD is cur- a student organization or club Miles.Amende@coyotes.usd.edu rently in fourth place with 3,696 has the opportunity to compete for money, he encourages them This semester, the USD Es- points.

The club participated in and to do so. ports club is once again partici“Clubs have a finite amount pating in a Twitter competition won the same competition last year, also with Crist competing of money allocated to them by for a chance at $15,000.

The competition, sponsored in a Madden tournament. Crist SGA through student fees, and

by Learfield, the sports mar- said the club received massive competitions like these give keting company who manages support from the university for clubs an opportunity to build Coyote Sports Properties, cen- last year’s competition, and that brand awareness, develop fans ters around the promotion of this year has been much the and followers, and put their club in a better financial position to esports athletes on Twitter. For same.

“Just (Monday), the South increase longevity and success,” this contest, USD Esports is following Jackson Crist as he pro- Dakota Athletics verified Twit- Singhisen said in an email intergresses through the LevelNext ter account tweeted something view with The Volante.

Singhisen said the competiMadden National Champion- about it,” Crist said. “It’s cool seeing all the different people tion gives the club an opporship.

Aaron Rimolde, president of retweeting, liking, supporting, tunity to gain followers and USD Esports, said the compe- and you see a lot of the same fans, and to increase awareness about the club’s activities both tition runs for the duration of people showing support.”

Rimolde said the club on campus and in the digital the tournament. Every time the club tweets from the account used the prize money to give community. He said competiwith the hashtag #LevelNext- Crist a scholarship, upgrade tions like this help esports to Madden, they get five points. livestreaming equipment and grow, and he hopes that the Every like is one point, every fund a $1,000 prize pool for fu- NCAA will eventually follow comment is one point, and ev- ture USD Super Smash Bros suit with the NAIA and officially tournaments. sponsor collegiate esports. ery retweet is two points.

“We still have around 10,000 “I believe it is time for colle“We do lots of promotions with that. We’ve been trying of it just saved up. (We’re) kind giate conferences to start recogto get some photos posted of of trying to figure out what ex- nizing the worth of collegiate eshim, even including when he’s actly we want that to go toward, ports,” Singhisen said. “I would shown up to other events in the but it’s really just going to give love to see the Summit League club, like our Halloween one,” us opportunities to purchase go that route, and the success Rimolde said. “It’s a lot of trying equipment that we don’t neces- of other conferences could push to get as many relevant things sarily have the funding for di- the legitimacy of collegiate esas we can out on the socials so rectly from the school,” Rimolde ports to the forefront, and see a Collegiate Esports National that people have a lot to interact said.

“I’m on scholarship right Tournament.” with.”

For those looking to supThough Crist lost his Mon- now to play Madden, which is day night match against Grand pretty crazy to think about,” port USD Esports in the comMiles Amende | The Volante petition, the club can be found Canyon University 24-21, bring- Crist said.

USD Esports is following Jackson Crist’s progress the LevelNext Assistant Director of Intra- at @SDCoyoteEsports on Twit- Madden National Championship. Aaron Rimolde isthrough ing the club’s Madden season to the president of USD a close, the club can still partici- murals and Sport Clubs Connor ter.

Esports. pate in and potentially win the Singhisen, who serves as advisor

Aramark contract with USD set to expire in spring

Calli Connors

Calli.Connors@coyotes.usd.edu

At the start of the 2022 fall semester, the Muenster University Center (MUC) may look very different in regards to foodservice.

workgroup was to investigate having a singular

food service provider for all regental institutions,” Howe said.

First-year Nursing student Julianna Pesetsky said good Chinese food is a priority for her.

USD has a contract with Aramark, but it is

“I would love to see Panera Bread, Taco Bell

set to expire at the end of the spring semester.

or Panda Express. We need some good Chinese

Before it expires, USD administrators have to

food around here. I would also like Noodles &

decide whether or not to renew the contract.

Company, because I love pasta,” said Pesetsky.

Currently, faculty are reassessing the MUC

Howe said there are ways students and

food to see if students enjoy it enough to renew

community members could have their voices

the current contract or if they should introduce

and suggestions heard.

alternative options.

“A group was formed with representatives

First-year nursing major Taylor O’Neil said

from each SDBOR institution to create a dining

she hopes for the new MUC food to include

request for proposal (RFP) for food service

more fruits and vegetables.

providers to submit bids,” said Howe.

“I would love to see varied sources of food

There was a mandatory pre-proposal Zoom

in general from all the different places. Instead

meeting held Nov. 14 to prepare potential clients

of consistently having the same pasta, try a

with all of the regulations and requirements for

different pasta dish. Same thing with the chicken

their proposals.

patty and burger. Trying a different source of

Interested

parties

were

to

mail

or

protein or different sandwich would be good,”

electronically submit their proposal to SDBOR

O’Neill said.

Vice President of Finance and Administration

Associate Dean of Student Services John

Heather Forney.

Howe said a South Dakota Board of Regents

Howe said that Friday, Nov. 12 was the last

(SDBOR) workgroup came to USD’s campus last

day to submit new food proposals, and he is

month to find areas that could be made more

unsure of how long the RFP will be kept on the

efficient.

site after that deadline.

“One of the recommendations of this

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The Aramark food contract with USD is expiring after this coming spring semester.

A new contract will be drafted with Aramark or a new food service.

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CITY OF VERMILLION POLICE BLOTTER

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domestic disturbances

Nov. 7 Officers responded to a report of a person being assaulted at a residence. Officer investigated and could not find a victim or any witness to the reported assault.

Nov. 7 Officers responded to a call of trespassing. Officers located the subject near the property. The witnesses told officers the subject was told to leave multiple times but would not. The subject was arrested for trespassing. Alcohol was a factor.

Nov. 7 Subject requested assistance as he was stuck in a window at the subject’s residence. The subject was locked out of the residence and tried to gain access via a window and became stuck. An officer extricated the subject from the window. No further action.

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involved parties and no arrests were made.

Nov. 8 Officers responded to a report of a dispute between persons. Officers were unable to locate one of the subjects as they had left the scene before officers arrived. No charges are pending.

Nov. 8 Officers responded to a business following a report of an irate customer who was threatening staff. Officers identified and interviewed the subject who apologized and explained that his comments were taken out of context.

Nov. 8 Officers responded to a local business in response to a person who was having a mental health crisis. Officers determined that they were not needed any further.

Nov. 7

Nov. 9

Officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence. Officers interviewed the

A local convenience store requested an officer to deal with a subject who was making odd

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disputes

>> Nov.7 - Nov. 12 stolen vehicle

comments and scaring people.

The subject had a warrant for his arrest out of Yankton County. He was also clearly under the influence of a drug and admitted to doing methamphetamine right before he was contacted by the officer. The subject also lied about his identity. He was arrested.

Nov. 9

Nov. 9

Nov. 9

Officers responded to a report of suspicious activity outside of a residence. Officers checked the area and found nothing amiss.

Officers responded to a check welfare request. Officer’s investigation found the subject of the welfare check had re-located and moved out of the Vermillion area.

No criminal activity was noted and the subject was found to be doing well.

Nov. 9 An officer was flagged down by a motorist who asked the officer for directions. While providing directions the officer noticed signs of criminal activity. The officer detained the driver and investigated. The officer’s investigation found the vehicle to be stolen, the driver provided a false name to deceive law enforcement and was later found to be an unlicensed driver. The driver was arrested and taken into custody. Charges are pending.

Vermillion Officers assisted Clay County Sheriff ’s Office and the South Dakota Highway Patrol with a two-vehicle fatality crash on Highway 19 north of Vermillion. The incident is under investigation.

Nov. 9 Officers responded to a non-injury crash. Officer’s investigation found one driver rear-ended another driver. The driver was cited and released. Charges are pending.

Nov. 9 Caller reported that his neighbor was being verbally abusive and harassing him. Officers de-

termined that the neighbor was experiencing a medical condition that resulted in bizarre behavior and resolved the dispute.

Nov. 10 Officers investigated a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence. No arrests were made.

Nov. 11 Officers responded to a report of a man who was deceased. Investigation points to a self-inflicted gunshot wound as the cause of death. Under investigation.

Nov. 11 Caller reported a dispute with contractors downtown regarding private parking. An officer mediated the dispute, and the immediate problem was resolved.

Nov. 12 Officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence. Officers completed their investigation and one adult male was arrested for a probation violation. Alcohol was a factor.

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House begins investigation on Ravnsborg

Bailey.Zubke@coyotes.usd.edu

Ahead of the special legislative session to

in favor of the impeachment hearings are

The House committee’s first objective is to

The committee’s first meeting Wednesday, Nov.

irrelevant. He also said that two-thirds of the

review the state’s constitution to determine

10 was to review state law on impeachments. In

House members signed the petition.

if there are grounds to lead to Ravnsborg’s

this meeting, it was determined that no further

determine if South Dakota Attorney General

“As unfortunate as Speaker Gosch’s shielding

impeachment. The constitution says that

Jason Ravnsborg should be impeached, the

action with the committee will take place until

this information from the public is, for the

officials like the attorney general can be

Sioux Falls Argus Leader and the South Dakota

state’s highest court to allow and encourage

impeached for “corrupt conduct, malfeasance

an attorney is hired to guide the committee.

Newspaper Association filed a lawsuit to the

opaque government is dumbfounding,” Argus

or misdemeanor in office.”

state Supreme Court.

Leader news director Cory Myers told the

The two newspapers filed a joint suit

Associated Press.

South Dakota has never impeached a state official before. A committee of seven

against House Speaker Spencer Gosch, who

The special session on the impeachment

Republicans and two Democrats will prepare

won’t release the names of the House members

of Ravnsborg began Nov. 9. On that day, the

a report for the House to recommend whether

that signed a petition to bring a special session.

House voted to launch an investigation into the

Ravnsborg should be impeached.

The South Dakota Supreme Court sided

crash and Ravnsborg’s conduct surrounding

with House Speaker Spencer Gosch, who said

the crash that left one person dead and formed

House

that the names of the legislators that voted

a committee to undertake the investigation.

counsel to guide the committee’s investigation.

Following the special session Nov. 9, the committee decided to hire a legal

The investigation is anticipated to take months, according to the AP. Republican Rep. Will Mortenson was the first to call for Ravnsborg’s impeachment in February, and also pushed for public access to materials the committee reviews. The House agreed with an exception for redacted confidential and “nonrelevant information.”

USD Nursing Department receives GRNEN grant, students collaborate with Kibosho nursing students Maddi Kallsen

Maddilynn.Kallsen@coyotes.usd.edu

The USD Nursing department received a grant from the Matson Halverson Christiansen Hamilton Foundation, which

Students will receive clinical college credit for being

Both Feller and Pithan said this grant will help students

involved with the project, one of which will be paid for by the

connect with the global population, along with giving future

grant itself. Pithan said this grant will allow students to connect

nurses perspective and knowledge.

and learn from each other.

is part of the Global Rural Nursing Exchange Network (GRNEN) initiative.

“The goal is for them to not only learn about differences

“For two different cultures to come together to learn from

in caring for the rural elderly population, but also to develop

each other is so valuable. What we’re hoping is that it translates

competencies and working with global populations... and to

Anne Pithan, USD department chair of nursing, and Lisa

to a new understanding of different cultures and new cultural

Feller, USD academic site director for the nursing department,

humility to really see all the gifts other cultures bring to nursing

are leading the project as the co-investigators.

and be able to dialogue and share that,” Pithan said.

This project will connect USD nursing students with

The project will take place this coming year during April

students from the Kibosho School of Nursing in Moshi,

and May. Feller said students will come up with their own

Tanzania through an online platform.

individual plans to better the care given to the elderly rural

Feller said the goal of this collaborative project is to assess

population globally and in South Dakota.

the care given to the rural elderly population in South Dakota

“Students will be able to really individualize their plan

develop skill in the nursing area,” Feller said.

Pithan said they’re excited to be living and practicing the USD nursing mission.

The USD’s nursing department mission statement is as follows: “The Department of Nursing develops exceptional practitioners, leaders, and scholars who advocate for and improve the well-being of all people, particularly those in

of care for the elderly based on their assessment findings,”

rural and underserved communities. To benefit the workforce

“The purpose of the project is to promote interprofessional

Feller said. “They’ll be able to see how different the needs are

needs of South Dakota, the region, and beyond, we emphasize

and global collaboration between nursing programs, and

between rural elderly in South Dakota and rural elderly in

academic excellence, practical experience, and public service

because our world is becoming much more diverse and

Tanzania, Africa, and what the access to resources are and the

within an interprofessional, learner-centered, collaborative

interconnected, it’s important for us, our nurses, to develop

difference in the standard of care might be. So there’s a lot to

environment.”

skills and work with people throughout the world,” Feller said.

learn as well as learning how to work with each other.”

and in Tanzania.

Wellness Center works to prevent injury and keep patrons safe Allison Horkey

more serious, like a broken bone or heart

Allison.Horkey@coyotes.usd.edu

The USD Wellness Center is a place for students to exercise and pursue healthy habits. In the event of injury, the Wellness Center staff is often the first to respond to distress.

Steve Meyer, the director of the Wellness Center, said all Wellness Center employees are CPR, AED and First Aid certified.

of the Wellness Center and oversees risk management. manage

“They’ve had dislocations and broken bones.

I’d

say

muscle-skeletal-type

injuries occur more for people playing the intramural sports. Then, we have more of that sudden illness, like people present with dehydration, really over-fatigued, or that whole feeling of suddenly ill. I don’t think injuries happen even on a daily basis, but I’d

Wendy Johnson is the associate director

“I

attack.

say more than once a week we have some type of injury,” Johnson said.

The Wellness Center also conducts

the

climbing

wall.

I

oversee fitness. I manage the pool and oversee aquatic programming over in the DakotaDome,” Johnson said. “I basically

regular checks on its equipment, Johnson said.

“There’s a documented system that’s daily and then on a monthly basis, we

staff the lifeguards and swim instructors

follow industry standard for our climbing

and go through all of their training and

wall,” Johnson said. “It’s all basically about

protocol for work.”

preventing something bad from happening

Johnson said all employees are trained

by making sure that we’re checking different

to address medical emergencies, problems

equipment. The company that comes in

or injuries in the days prior to starting the

and services (the equipment) does quarterly

semester.

checks, and that would be outside of just us

“We have 120 employees, roughly.

here in our department doing it.”

Everybody’s certified in First Aid, CPR and

As for the training employees undergo,

AED for adult, child and infant. That is

Johnson said she is confident in the

the first step that we take. Then, we take

employees’ abilities to address medical

it one step further and we have what we

issues and injuries that might arise.

call Risk Management Orientation, and we

“I think we do a really great job of

take them through emergency responses,”

preparing our employees, and our students

Johnson said.

are getting a lot of leadership opportunity

Johnson said many of the incidents

and professional growth just by the

Wellness Center employees face could be

communication that it takes to be able to

mild, like a patron overexerting themselves

respond in a situation,” Johnson said.

during a workout, but they could also be

Allison Horkey| The Volante

The USD Wellness Center’s staff are all CPR, AED and first-aid certified. Wendy Johnson oversees all of the risk management at the Wellness Center.

South Dakota legislature redistricts Clay County Madeline Knau

Madeline.Knau@coyotes.usd.edu

that will never happen. That was the map that the House of

was happy to work with state legislative Democrats to come up

Representatives’ committee came up with,” Shoenbeck said.

with an agreeable plan.

Every 10 years, legislators redraw the legislative districts of

Arthur Rusch, state senator for District 17, which includes

“What I was really excited about our plan in the Senate was

South Dakota. This year, the State House and Senate differed

Vermillion, said the redistricting process involves evenly

on their approaches. The State House’s draft plan, along with

that we worked with Democrats. We’re 32 Republicans and

splitting the population of South Dakota into 35 districts. The

other differences from the final plan, included splitting the city

three Democrats, but we got a plan that they were agreeable

legislators find the target population for each district and try to

Vermillion into three separate districts.

match it or be within 5% of that number. This creates an issue

Lee Schoenbeck, District 5 legislator and president pro tempore of South Dakota’s Senate, said there are 35 legislative

for Clay and Turner counties, neither of which are sufficiently populous to warrant a full district of their own.

districts in South Dakota. Clay County and the city of

“What I was concerned about is the house drew up a plan

Vermillion’s borders have moved around with redistricting

that involved cutting Vermillion into three parts. That was

over time.

just absolutely unacceptable. To us it would defeat any future

“We have to look at drawing the 35 legislative boundaries including Clay County and the city of Vermillion, as is true

likelihood of any legislators being elected from Vermillion if that happened,” Rusch said.

for almost every county in the state,” Schoenbeck said. “One

The plan the legislature went with, in addition to not splitting

map looks like it was drawn by a monkey with a switchblade,

Vermillion into three districts, also gives Yankton County and

flipping Vermillion into three different legislative districts, but

the Irene and Wakonda area more jurisdiction. Rusch said he

to,” said Rusch. “I was really excited that we worked with Democrats on the reservation voting to come up with a thing that was agreeable to all of us, and I was really concerned that the House plans were designed to try and gerrymander the state. I think we got away from that and tried to come up with some fair results,” Rusch said.

The majority of state House and Senate members voted to advance the Senate plan for redistricting. In the House, the vote was 37 yes to 30 no. In the senate, the vote was 30 yes to 2 no.

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Students are ready for the week-long break after weeks of assignments and studying.

Editorial: Avoid having to complete homework over break Thanksgiving break is just around the corner. It is full of tasty foods, fall decorations and family gatherings. It’s the time to have a huge meal and then lay around the rest of the day.

Students get excited to finally sleep in and not have to worry about classes or assignments—or so they think.

Even if there is a break in the semester, some professors feel the need to assign homework to keep your brain working during the time not spent in class.

If you can get your assignments done before going home to spend time with your friends and family, do it. Don’t spend your break time cramming for finals or hiding in your room,

avoiding family, to complete your homework.

Thanksgiving break should be a fun time for students, yet it’s in an awkward place with only a little bit of time left in the semester. If you’re a person who is on top of assignments and ready to face finals, this break is not going to be helpful. It will be

annoying and suspenseful.

Students are known for their superior procrastination skills, but it’s important to complete assignments before break so you have plenty of time to spend with your family and friends.

This break should be an opportunity for students to take the time to rest and

reset. It should allow them to focus on their physical and mental wellbeing, not on the assignments due when they return to campus.

If you do plan on completing assignments over break, make sure you have a distraction-free area, because it is a holiday, and all of your extended family will

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If you can get your assignments done before going home to spend time with your friends and family, do it. Don’t spend your break time cramming for finals or hiding in your room, avoiding family, to complete your homework.

be there creating chaos. But it is one thing for students to take the initiative to get ahead.

Thanksgiving break shouldn’t be used to catch up on missed or late assignments.

When classes resume, there will only be a little over a week left to study for finals. The worst is yet to come, so catch up on late work now.

Thanksgiving break should be the time to enjoy turkey, pie and awkward conversations with relatives you haven’t seen in a year. Don’t procrastinate by saying you’ll work on your assignments during the break.

Get them done before leaving so you can properly enjoy the holiday.

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Taylor Swift is here to stay

OVERHEARDS

Here you’ll find the weirdest, funniest and stupidest things we’ve heard during the week. Context is for suckers.

“If I get 110% on my final exam, I can pass this class.”

MARISSA BRUNKHORST is a sophomore majoring in media and journalism.

— Library

“She is scared of anything with wheels.”

— Courtyard

“I will never stop shaming men for just being men.”

If you are reading this, perhaps you are a fan of Taylor Swift. Or maybe you are just as captivated with her as the rest of the world seems to be—whether positively or negatively. Her latest album, “Red (Taylor’s Version),” released this past Friday, has a chokehold on the headphones of many people, fans or not.

The album released last Friday and broke the record for Spotify’s moststreamed album in a day by a woman artist, with over 90.8 million streams.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about why people respond so well to her music and anything she touches, and it makes perfect sense as to why.

Fans are always left

— Al Neuharth

“Nobody can even come close to playing at my level.”

— MUC

“We didn’t go to March Madness this year. We were supposed to.”

— MUC

“Juice is watching you.”

— Old Main

“I’m doing the time twisty thing.”

— Old Main

“If you have the opportunity as a writer to write from the perspective of a horse you have got to take it.”

— Old Main

“He is Michael Jordan, but instead of dunking, he is good at killing.”

— Old Main

“Wow, so women can run.”

“I like Friends...”

“Don’t tell people that, it’s a red flag”

JACOB FORSTER is a senior majoring in media and journalism.

I think it’s important to also keep in mind the fact that Taylor took a critically acclaimed album, re-produced it and still received the same accolades. It shows her talent as a producer and the power of having the right people in the recording studio. There is something special about an artist being able to keep their same, dedicated fans despite switching genres and getting attacked in the press.

In particular, most seem to be enamored with her 10-minute version of the song “All Too Well.” I highly encourage listening, but I think what has people talking about this is Swift’s stark account of a very public relationship that describes relatable feelings that even those who’ve never experienced a relationship can empathize with.

Swift describes her heartbreak so viscerally,

written similar thoughts, whether in their diaries or on their Instagram pages. Swift’s lyrics use the powerful tool of memory to haunt the minds of those that wronged her and further empower her fans to feel they have an even greater reason to support Swift.

So why, with all of that praise and talent, are her fans continuously not taken seriously when it comes to their excitement about Swift? Surely, the same sentiments and excitement are shared about a variety of other artists, or even sports teams. Perhaps people are afraid of a successful woman and her thoughtful fans?

Every year, the clock strikes midnight on Halloween and suddenly everyone is walking in a winter wonderland.

Stores rotate out their holiday displays, people start putting up their Christmas lights and the candy in the grocery store checkout aisle suddenly has a lot more peppermint.

Most of these changes are understandable and acceptable. What isn’t acceptable is the compulsion to change the radio dial over to Christmas music before Dec. 1 even arrives.

People often argue that Christmas festivities starting up too early cuts

hundreds of versions by artists like Stevie Wonder, Elvis, John Legend and many others. This isn’t a bad thing— there’s value in tradition, and the songs get covered over and over because they’re good songs. But it does mean that the Christmas playlist can get a bit stale if it’s not listened to in moderation.

I like Christmas. I’d like to continue liking Christmas. We need to all agree on a reasonable date for full-fledged Christmas festivities to begin. I think Dec. 1 is reasonable, but I wouldn’t reject a deal that sets the date right after Thanksgiving.

Do your holiday shopping early. String up the lights before the frost sets in. But please, save the music for later.

to show it.

A few people have researched the effects of yellow on people’s moods.

It is believed babies cry more if they are in rooms painted yellow. Too much yellow can make it difficult to focus, or even cause a total loss of focus.

A person who sees too much yellow might become forgetful, and can experience anxiety and a loss of self-esteem, according to Medium.com.

Yellow can also make a person think more critically or be demanding.

There is an old wives’ tale that if you paint a room yellow, you will have lots of arguments in that room.

Yellow does not represent happy things. It is a symbol of cowardice: think of the term “yellowbellied.” It is the color of sickness. Jaundice, malaria or yellow fever might cause yellowing eyes or skin. Mental illness is also

represented as yellow.

Think of the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.”

The color is used to show that the character is weak and sickly.

Even yellow things that seem good are bad. Take daffodils, for example.

They might look nice, but if eaten by animals, they are toxic and can be deadly.

Other yellow things that are no good include school buses, lemons and caution signs.

Yellow is the most visible color to the human eye. It is a color that immediately catches a person’s attention, and this is why it is used om caution signs or emergency vehicles. The color reflects a high amount of light.

That’s why if you look at yellow for too long you will irritate your eyes or get a headache.

Yellow is a nasty color and I don’t like it. I believe it should be used less.

— Delzell

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sings. Listeners surely have

who grits his teeth when Mariah Carey belts out “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” I’ll throw on Michael Bublé or Dean Martin’s Christmas albums when the season’s right.

I even like “Wonderful Christmastime,” the bane of holiday shoppers everywhere, and consistently voted one of the worst Christmas songs in seasonal polls.

The music isn’t bad: the timing is.

If the Christmas playlists start up in November, all the hits will become grating by the time Dec. 1 arrives, let alone the actual holiday. The fact is that there’s just not all that many Christmas songs— any sufficiently long playlist will be filled with different artists’ covers of the same dozen well-worn hits.

If you search “Silver Bells” on Spotify, you’ll find

“The final is double sided like a McDouble, or a vegetarian double, if you prefer that. ”

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it’s as if she’s in it when she

into Thanksgiving. But that’s not the problem here.

Thanksgiving activities are pretty limited. There are no Thanksgiving songs. You don’t bake Thanksgiving cookies or hang Thanksgiving lights. The only good Thanksgiving movie is “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” What starting Christmas up too early actually does is make Christmas annoying by the time it arrives.

I’m not unreasonable. I get that people only have so much time to get their Christmas shopping done, and store displays will reflect that. I get that it’s better to string up lights when it’s 30 degrees out and not negative 30. I even get people feeling in the Christmas mood as the weather turns bitter cold.

But the music is something I can’t tolerate.

Christmas music is fun. I’m not a Grinch

— Al Neuharth

For many people, yellow is a happy color.

It represents happiness, warmth and optimism. For the most part, a person would think yellow is a great color.

I strongly disagree.

Yellow is a disgusting color

hanging with tactics like easter eggs in her music videos, social media and even her late-night interviews. A simple sentence she says is analyzed by thousands that brew theories about what she may do next. Motifs in Taylor’s life that she’s shared with her audience, like her lucky number, 13, give her fans something to keep in the back of their minds.

Not to mention, the content of her songwriting.

Sure, Swift and her team are marketing geniuses, but her machine only exists due to her excellent characterization of the human experience. Swift choosing to put her trials and failures in her life and career on display is a well-calculated move, both fiscally and artistically.

Sure, she is a celebrity and faces those consequences, but her ability to remain relevant as a 31-year-oldwoman is inspiring.

Stop playing Christmas music

— Al Neuharth

EMMA DAGGETT is a sophomore majoring in English.

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LaCognata reassigned to National Music Museum Bailey Zubke

sent out by Dean of Fine Arts Bruce Kelley

Bailey.Zubke@coyotes.usd.edu

Starting Jan. 1, the National Music Museum (NMM) will have a new person assisting with collections. John LaCognata, director of bands for the Fine Arts Department at USD, is moving to the NMM to assist with transitioning collections from Julian Hall and the South Dakota Union back to the museum.

LaCognata conducted the symphonic and concert bands and taught a variety

to faculty and staff for the College of Fine Arts and the National Music Museum, as well as students in the Department of Music. Kelley shared the email with The Volante, but declined to be interviewed at the time.

“John’s energy and expertise will be a welcome addition to their staff,” the email said.

LaCognata is not filling a currently-

of classes in the department at USD.

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NMM. The email said the search for

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semester. Todd Cranson is going to take

NMM Director is hired. The search for

over the Symphonic Band and Kelly Coslet

LaCognata’s replacement will begin in the

the Concert Band.

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USD students curate art gallery exhibition

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USD undergraduate and graduate students curated five exhibitions for a fine arts class called “Art Museums: History and Practice,” taught by Lauren Freese.

Maddi Kallsen

Maddilynn.Kallsen@coyotes.usd.edu

USD undergraduate and graduate students curated five exhibitions in the John A. Day Gallery in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts building, which come together as one exhibit.

Lauren Freese, USD assistant professor of art history, is teaching the class involved called “Art Museums: History and Practice.” No prerequisites are required for the course.

“It’s a class for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. In five different student groups, they curated these exhibitions starting at the beginning of the semester,” Freese said. “We installed them two weekends ago.”

Freese said students add to their resumes and build experience as they go through this course.

“The value of writing and communication is emphasized. This course really offers a practical humanities application. So students leave the semester with a line for their resume—they’ve curated an actual show, they’ve done something real in the world. I think more importantly, they have to work in teams,” Freese said.

Effective group work was vital for this exhibition, Freese said. Students worked in groups of four and five. Four of the groups consisted of undergraduate students and one group consisted of graduate students.

“Group work can be challenging, but it also gives students something they can talk about (in) job interviews: problem solving, teamwork, practical applications of their academic experiences.

I think this class is really important,” Freese said.

Each exhibit has a topic. Topics

include relations between music and art, the value of damaged art, American culture, Chinese ceramics and psychoanalysis and the figure.

“The students have a lot of curatorial freedom, which I think is really important. We tell them you need to curate an exhibition and let them select the objects from the thousands of things that the gallery has in the collection. They make all of those choices,” Freese said.

Amy Fill, the university gallery director, and Courtney Lavallie, the assistant university gallery director, both mentored and worked with the class, teaching them how to curate art into galleries, Freese said.

“What it looks like is at the beginning of the semester, on Tuesday, we talk about museum history and theory, kind of laying an academic foundation that we can use as a touchstone for the exhibit as they work. And then on Thursdays, they have practical application days, that means meeting with Amy and Courtney,” Freese said. “(Students) learn how to handle works of art safely so they can decide what they want the exhibitions to be about.”

Fill and Lavallie instructed students on how to handle art and curate exhibits, Freese said.

“Amy and Courtney not only guestlectured in the class, teaching the students how to handle objects, how to photograph them, how to measure them and map them so they can be on display and in frames, but they spent a lot of time mentoring the students. They get the academic side and my curatorial experience as an art historian and they also get a ton of really valuable information from Amy and Courtney,” Freese said.

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Freese said for these exhibitions to come together, group work was vital.

Students worked together and collaborated to create a cohesive exhibit.

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INTERNATIONAL NIGHT GALA EMBRACES CULTURE ON CAMPUS

File Photo| The Volante Students and community members are encouraged to share their cultures by representing their country’s flag and performing during the International Night Gala.

Alle Anduaga

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The USD International Club will be hosting their International Night Gala Nov. 21 in the Muenster University Center Ballroom from 5-8 p.m.

Senior media and journalism major Danielle Konechne is the secretary of the International Club. Konechne said this will be the second time the International Club has hosted the International Gala.

“We start off with a flag parade,” Konechne said. “So basically, everyone has their flags that want to be in the parade, and they go up on stage and showcase their country.”

Computer science graduate student Muntasir Mamun

is the president of the International Club. Mamun said the gala event will include performances where people can sing and dance on stage.

“We’re planning on having a Native American drum group come and perform,” Konechne said.

Mamun and Konechne said there will be a variety of different people embracing their cultures on stage, including African, South Asian and Bangladeshi performances.

“The goal is to get people from all over the world to come to the event and give them an opportunity to talk about their culture and showcase what they want to showcase,” Konechne said. “They can do that in the best way by being in the flag parade and doing the performances to showcase their countries.”

Mamun said the International Night Gala will also have

food options from different cultures. There will be halal Muslim food, main dishes like brown sugar roasted pork loin and chicken curry and desserts like tres leches cake, along with a variety of other cultural dishes.

Konechne said she hopes International Education Week can show all USD has to offer within the school and outside of the school and to spread awareness of the different cultures within the university.

“It’s really important for us to get the opportunity to share cultures from all over the world and educate people that go to USD about what there is outside of South Dakota and the significance of sharing cultures,” Konechne said. “It gives people the opportunity to be proud of where they’re from and the country they’re representing.”

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The future of the CDC, Opportunity Center Bennett Clary

Bennett.Clary@coyotes.usd.edu

On Jan. 1, 2022, the new Opportunity Center will be implemented on USD’s campus. Along with the change, the Center for Diversity and Community (CDC) will be reimagined.

The space will have a Multicultural Affairs office and will be open for all student organizations.

Vice President of Student Services and Dean of Students Kim Grieve said the Opportunity Center would provide leadership training, expand student services and offer training for faculty and staff to give them knowledge of available resources for students.

“There’ll be one office that will be kind of a rotating office which student support service areas will come in,” Grieve said.

“So, for instance, disability services, career services, the veteran center will be there (at) different times, so students can also just come to the Opportunity Center to meet with those particular offices.”

Provost Kurt Hackemer said the Opportunity Center would be located in the Muenster University Center but not in the current CDC space. He said the Opportunity Center will

become a one-stop shop for students to find resources to solve any problems or answer questions they may have.

“We’re a large campus, we have offices scattered in different locations across campus. Some of those offices, I think, sometimes feel a bit mysterious, or students don’t know where to go to solve a particular problem, and that this is the office that is there to make sure that students get the resources they need to be successful,” Hackemer said.

Grieve said the Multicultural Affairs office will oversee the cultural student organizations such as the Union of African American Students, Spectrum and the Asian Student Association and help them to continue programming, planning and supporting students. Grieve said current student organizations will no longer have permanent office spaces in the CDC and that the CDC will be more open to all student organizations.

“If they have things that need to be stored and things like that, we have the student org room that we’re reviewing so that they’ll have space there,” Grieve said. “They can check out the rooms anytime they want for meetings and that kind of thing, but it won’t be just for them. It’ll be open to all student organizations to make reservations for those rooms.”

Hackemer said the university does not have a concrete vision for the Multicultural Affairs office, but students will be

able to voice their needs for what the office will be and what it will do. He said previously the CDC was the Coyote Student Center and was set up like a co-working space.

“I think it will give all student organizations freer access to work in (a) space that they might want to use as their student rotation function,” Hackemer said. “So any student organization that’s working on a project that wants to hold a meeting that wants to take advantage of whatever the resources are can come in and use that space.”

The Multicultural Affairs office will be a part of Student Services, Grieve said, so it will work closely with the Opportunity Center but will remain in a separate space.

“It will be here to support students moving forward as it has done in the past and that students are still able to do the programming that they have always done, and so we’ll be supportive of that,” Grieve said.

Currently there are no student feedback sessions planned.

USD will present the plans for the Opportunity Center and Multicultural Affairs office to the South Dakota Board of Regents Dec. 8-9. President Gestring’s office did not respond to multiple email requests for an interview.

Multicultural Student Organizations, like Asian Student Association, will no longer have permanent office spaces in the CDC.

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USD Opera to perform “All Together Now” this weekend Miles Amende

Miles Amende@coyotes.usd.edu

USD Opera will be hosting its first event of the year, “All Together Now: Operatic Scenes and Ensembles” Nov. 20 and 21.

The program features eight scenes from operas and operettas with music by composers such as Mozart, Rossini, Bizet, and Stephen Sondheim.

Assistant Professor of music JuanCarlos Mendoza is directing the event. Mendoza said this is his first semester on campus, and that he’s using the event as an opportunity to get to know the students and how they perform.

“Coming into this sort of environment, I didn’t know any of the singers, I didn’t know any of their voices. So a scenes program seemed like the natural way to go to get to know everyone and see what everyone’s strengths are,” Mendoza said.

Unlike band and choir pieces, where musicians perform isolated musical numbers, members of USD opera will be performing in scenes where they must act, interact with other students and move around the stage.

Freshman music education major Maleah Wright is performing in two scenes, one from “The Gondoliers” and one from “A Little Night Music.” Wright said that this style of performance allows students a freedom that traditional choir sometimes doesn’t provide.

“With a choir piece, there might not be a clear story behind it. You might just be singing some text.

Now, does that mean that there’s not music to be made? Not true. You can always get music out of text. But

with opera, you have a background, you have a character that you’re coming from,” Wright said. “Every person is going to interpret that character differently… so that’s been fun to mess around with and play.”

Opera is also different from a medium like musical theatre, senior vocal performance major Adam Lange said, because opera does not rely on electronic assistance for amplification.

“There’s different overtone series that carry the voice with opera singing, and that’s where you get that big sound that shakes people,” Lange said. “It’s really an experience for someone who’s never been to an opera before.”

The event also sees students of different majors and skill levels performing together, which sophomore music education major Katelyn Privett said allows her to learn from singers of different skill levels.

“I find it personally really awesome, just because I can interact with people who have more experience than me, and I can try to grab some information from them to… grow my own expertise,” Privett said. “Even some of my freshmen friends who have come in, they’re talented—very talented—but it’s also really fun to share in those learning moments with them.”

Mendoza said that almost every singer is in multiple scenes so they have the chance to perform fully fleshed-out characters. He said he wanted to make sure that no one ever felt like they were a background actor, which can happen sometimes with first-year college students.

“So I kind of had those goals in mind: one, to make sure everyone

vocally was showcased, (and) two: that they all felt like they can play different characters and experience contrasting characters, so being able to play a princess in one scene, and then in another scene play a smuggler tarot cards, and learning how to make those adjustments in one evening,” Mendoza said.

Graduate student Kevin Phillips said transitioning between these scenes can be challenging if students have one performance right after another. He said it takes a lot of practice to change costumes, get into character, stay in character and make that character feel real. “(It) can be really hard to do when you just came from a completely different character, but the more you practice it, the more genuine it feels, and the easier you’re able to make some of those planned, choreographed things look and feel… spontaneous and in the moment,” Phillips said.

Mendoza said the event is different from a traditional long opera because the time commitment is shorter. Phillips said this format makes opera more accessible to people because it gives them a little taste of many different kinds of opera.

“Coming to an event like this… can show someone ‘Oh, I actually enjoyed that scene, so maybe I would enjoy watching a longer version of an opera built like that,’” Phillips said. “You might not enjoy everything, but I guarantee you’ll find something you like to listen to if you go and that can just help you build on maybe going to your next performance.”

The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 20 and 3 p.m. on Nov. Submitted Photo | The Volante 21 in Colton Recital Hall.

USD opera will be performing in eight different scenes where they

must act, interact with other students and move around the stage.

USD fraternity starts house band Ella Servaty

Ella.Servaty@coyotes.usd.edu

As the fall semester comes to an end, the Beta Theta Pi band is only just beginning.

Leila’s Rose consists of leader singer Easton Ritz, lead guitarist Adam Kays, singer and guitarist Kadin Williams, bassist Connor Drahota, rhythm guitarist John Kunkel and drummer Micah Hansen. The six USD students are all members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

Ritz, Kunkel and Hansen initially had the idea for a music group. After Kays, Williams and Drahota rushed the fraternity this fall, with previous experience of performing, the idea became a reality.

The idea to start a music group is not uncommon in the fraternity. Kays said his father, who was a member of Beta Theta Pi, was also the lead guitarist of a band during his time at USD. With a history of house bands behind them, Leila’s Rose wanted to make the band their own, which led to the decision on the band name.

The official flower of Beta Theta Pi is a rose, and Leila McKee, dean of Western College for Women, recommended the idea for a flower as an emblem back in 1889.

By taking inspiration from the fraternity’s history, the

band pieced together the name “Leila’s Rose.”

“There have been Beta bands before, and we didn’t want to be the same, but we still wanted to be associated with Beta,” Ritz said.

The six band members grew up with musical backgrounds. Each has different musical preferences, which Kays said helps them have more of a diverse background.

From classic rock to indie, alternative to grunge, the band members are able to experience a little bit of everything.

“Each one of us brings a different shade of music into the band,” Williams said.

Leila’s Rose recently had a debut at the Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Phi social Oct. 29. The band said the performance went well for it being their first performance together.

“I was not expecting that kind of energy from the crowd right off the bat,” Williams said.

Drahota said they picked songs that appealed to the crowd and that was one of their biggest strengths.

“What makes it so cool is the energy

of the crowd and playing songs they like and they know.

You can really feel that energy when you’re performing,” Kays said.

Leila’s Rose plans to venture out from inside the walls of the fraternity and perform live in downtown Vermillion businesses next semester. Updates on shows and clips of the band’s performances can be found at @leilasroseband on Instagram.

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Leila’s Rose consists entirely of Beta Theta Pi memebers.

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COYOTE VOLLEYBALL SPLITS WEEKEND, CELEBRATES SENIORS Tavin Carncross

Tavin.Carncross@coyotes.usd.edu

Last weekend, the Coyotes volleyball team took on two top Summit League opponents in Denver and Omaha.

The first game was Thursday Nov. 11 against the Denver Pioneers. The Coyotes defeates the Pioneers 3-2.

The Coyotes came into the weekend with a 12-2 record, sitting in third place right behind Denver, who was also 12-2.

Denver held the tie-breaker over the Coyotes when they defeated them earlier in the season 3-2.

In the matchup, Denver had won the first two sets 25-17 and 27-25, but the Coyotes rallied back, winning the next two sets 25-19 and 27-25 and pushing the game to set five.

In set five, the Coyotes prevailed, winning 15-10, with Sami Slaughter helping by getting four kills in that set alone. Slaughter led the team in kills with 19 and Elizabeth Juhnke was behind her with 17 in the match.

For the Pioneers, Lydia Bartalo led the team with 18 kills, and Hailey Green had 14. The Pioneers out-killed the Coyotes (70-60) but had more errors (24-12).

Denver also led in other categories in the game such as aces (11-8), assists (66-55), digs (56-54) and total attacks (163-130).

The Coyotes hit at a better attack percentage than the Pioneers (36.9-28.2) and also led in blocks (9-7).

With the win, the Coyotes moved ahead of the Pioneers for second place in the Summit League, going on to play the Omaha Mavericks Sunday, Nov. 14.

The Mavericks came into the matchup at 14-1 in first place of the Summit League. Their only loss on the season came from the Coyotes, where USD won 3-2 in Omaha. The Mavericks defeated the Coyotes 3-1.

For the Coyotes, it was senior night. The team saw five seniors play their last regular season home match as Coyotes: Slaughter, Claire Gerdes, Madison Jurgens, Brooklyn Bollweg and Maddie Wiedenfeld.

The Coyotes won the first set 27-25 after being down four points early in the match. The Mavericks bounced back, however, and won the next three sets 25-15, 25-23 and 25-21.

In the match, Juhnke led both teams in kills with 17, and Omaha’s Shayla McCormick was right behind her with 16.

South Dakota’s other top hitters were Madison Harms (11), Aimee Adams (5) and Slaughter (5).

For Omaha, their top attackers were Sadie Limback (12) and Marriah Buss (12).

Both teams had a hitting percentage under 20%, with Omaha

at 18.7% and South Dakota at 16%.

South Dakota only led in one statistical category—blocks— which they led nine to Omaha’s eight. Both teams had a player make five blocks in the game. For Omaha, it was McKenna Ruch, and for South Dakota, it was Harms.

Omaha led in every other category including kills (53-44), aces (9-4) and assists (50-43).

The Mavericks also had the leading assister in the game.

Sami Clarkson had 47 total assists compared to the Coyotes’ leading assister Jurgens, who had 37.

With this win, Omaha clinches first place in the Summit League and moves their record to 15-1 with two games remaining this season. Their next game will be played Nov. 18 against Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla.

As for the Coyotes, they again are tied with Denver as the second seed in the Summit League with a record of 13-3 on the year.

For their next game on the schedule, the Coyotes will travel to Grand Forks to play against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks.

The match will be played Thursday, Nov. 18. The Coyotes then conclude their regular season at North Dakota State Saturday at 11 a.m.

Tavin Carncross | The Volante The Coyote women split their weekend games against two conference opponents as they celebreated their seniors. The Coyotes will travel to Grand Forks to play the North Dakota Fighting Hawks Thursday.

Coyote men’s basketball team wins in The Pentagon Tavin Carncross

Tavin.Carncross@coyotes.usd.edu

On Veterans Day, the USD men’s basketball team took on the Air Force Falcons up in the Sioux Falls Pentagon for their first game of the 2021-22 season. The Coyotes took down the Falcons with a final score of 59-53.

This is the third time the Coyotes and the Falcons have met, with Air Force taking both games 94-86 and 65-62.

Hunter Goodrick started the scoring for the Coyotes with an open layup. The Coyotes managed to put up four more points before Air Force could make their first basket, making the score 6-0 early in the contest.

When Air Force did find the net, they managed to keep up with the Coyotes, going back and forth until South Dakota went on a huge run, increasing their lead by 11 points after Goodrick drained a three-pointer.

The Coyotes went into the half with a 32-22 lead after Kruz Perrot-Hunt hit a midrange jumper inside the paint with five seconds left.

Air Force’s AJ Walker had 11 second-half points, bringing the Falcons within striking distance of the Coyotes in the half.

However, Mason Archambault had key defensive stops and hit two free throws that put the Coyotes up 57-53 with 17 seconds left in the game.

Erik Oliver hit the last two free throws for the Coyotes to put them up 59-53 to finish the game out.

The Coyotes had three players in double figures for the game: Archambault (11 points), Goodrick (12) and leading scorer Perrott-Hunt (14).

For Air Force, they had two players score in the double digits, with Walker (14) and Ethan Taylor (14).

The Coyotes out-rebounded the Falcons 39-29 with contributions from Goodrick (8), Xavier Fuller (8) and Oliver (6).

Along with the rebounds, the Coyotes had more assists than the Falcons, with 10-8. The Coyotes had five players record an assist including Perrot-Hunt and Archambault, who each had three in the contest.

For Air Force, they also had five people assist in the game, with Jeffery Mills at a team-high of three.

The Falcons had a better overall field goal percentage with a 44.4% compared to the Coyotes 36.2%, but the Coyotes shot better in free throws (68.8%-50%) and three-point range (33.3%30.4%).

The Coyotes led in other categories such as bench points (11-8), points in the paint (24-20), second chance points (6-0) and steals (6-5).

The Falcons led in points off turnovers (14-13), fast break points (8-4) and blocks (5-2).

Air Force’s next game was played against Tulsa in Oklahoma Nov. 13. The Final score was 59-58, netting the Falcons their first win of the season.

As for the Coyotes, they traveled to Des Moines, Iowa and played the Drake Bulldogs Nov. 14, where they fell 99-50. This matchup between the two teams was their sixth meeting of all time. Drake now leads the series 4-2.

With this loss, the Coyotes move to 1-1 on the season. Their next game will be at home in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center where they take on the Southern Jaguars Friday, Nov. 19.

Tavin Carncross | The Volante The Coyotes were able to beat the Air Force Falcons 59-53 in their season opener at the Sioux Falls Pentagon Thursday. The men then traveled to Des Mointes, Iowa where they lost to the Drake Bulldogs 99-50. The next game will be at the SCSC on Friday against the Southern Jaguars.

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Coyote football stuns SDSU 23-20

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The Coyotes beat the Jackrabbits with a Hail Mary in the last second of the game after trailing SDSU the entire first half. The Coyotes are set to play against North Dakota State Saturday.

Spencer Buley

Spencer.Buley@coyotes.usd.edu

The USD football team stunned rival South Dakota State in a victory which head coach Bob Nielson described as having an “unbelievable” ending.

The Coyotes trailed 20-17 as the offense lined up on their own 43-yard line to attempt what football fans refer to as a “Hail Mary” with just one second left on the clock. Quarterback Carson Camp took the snap, rolled out to his right, and launched a 57-yard pass into a cluster of USD receivers and SDSU defenders gathered on the Jackrabbit goal line.

The ball was tipped multiple times before receiver Jeremiah Webb snatched it out of the air and stumbled into the endzone for a Coyote touchdown, securing the 23-20 victory for USD. The clock hit zero, and the DakotaDome erupted into applause.

“It was pretty slow motion,” Webb said. “The ball went up and bounced off a couple of defenders’ hands. I saw it the whole way, and I just happened to grab it out of the air.”

Nielson said in all his years of coaching, he’s never been a part of a successful Hail Mary.

“In the world of firsts for a guy who’s been doing this for a long time, that was one I’m going to remember for the rest of my life,” Neilson said.

The Coyotes trailed the Jackrabbits the whole first half, despite a passing touchdown from Camp to Caleb Vander Esch in the second quarter. It wasn’t until running back Nate Thomas broke loose for a 13-yard touchdown in the third quarter that USD would have its first lead of the game, 14-13.

Kicker Mason Lorber would be good from 37 yards in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 17-13, but on the next drive SDSU responded with a rushing touchdown from running back Pierre Strong to retake the lead 20-17.

On the ensuing drive for USD, the offense would be faced with a 4th-and-1 at the SDSU 28-yard line with just 2:05 remaining in the game. Nielson sent the offense back out onto the field, but running back Travis Theis was stopped short of the first down marker and the Jackrabbits took over on downs.

“I’m going to go for that 100 out of 100 times,” Nielson said.

“We want to win the football game. They’re a good team; a field goal ties the game, they get the last possession, and there’s no guarantee you’re going to win in overtime.”

Following the Coyotes’ failed fourth down attempt, the SDSU offense milked the clock but found themselves with a 4th-and-1 at the USD 43-yard line with eight seconds left. The offense remained on the field and quarterback Chris Oladokun stepped back in the pocket, rolled out, and threw a high pass into the stands in an attempt to run out the clock. However, after an official review, it was deemed that the ball hit the stands with one second left, giving the Coyotes one final play. The rest is history.

“We’re definitely not going to let off the gas,” Camp said.

“Some people might think that we’re going to ride high from this win, but no. We’re back to work tomorrow, and I think that’s the mentality that all of these guys have. We’re still chasing a ring, and we’re still chasing a conference championship.”

The Coyotes will be at North Dakota State on Saturday. With a win, the Coyotes would tie NDSU and Missouri State for the best record in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The tie would give USD a share of the conference title. Southern Illinois could also tie the other three with a win against Youngstown State Saturday.

Women’s basketball splits weekend games Bailey Zubke

Bailey.Zubke@coyotes.usd.edu

After dropping a nail-biter to Oklahoma in the season opener Nov. 9, the Coyote women’s basketball team split a pair of games against No. 1 South Carolina and Drake Friday and Monday.

The Coyotes fell to the Gamecocks 72-41 Friday night in the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls. The game was a part of The Mammoth Sports Construction Invitational. The other game in the invitational was a 61-59 overtime victory for Arizona over Louisville.

The Coyotes didn’t score a point in the first six minutes of action against the nation’s top ranked team. After a quarter of play, the Gamecocks led USD 17-7. South Carolina continued to grow the lead in each quarter, outscoring the Coyotes by five, six and 10 points in the ensuing three quarters of action.

The Coyotes struggled to match up with South Carolina’s 6-5 Aliyah Boston and 6-7 Kamilla Cardoso. Boston and Cardoso tallied nine points each. The Gamecocks also rebounded USD 49-25.

Destanni Henderson tallied 15 points and Zia Cooke 10 points for South Carolina, who moved to 2-0 with the win.

The bright spot for the Coyotes was Summit League TickeSsmarter Player of the Week Liv Korngable. Korngable tallied 24 points and five rebounds for the Coyotes. Chloe Lamb added 10 points.

The senior trio of Korngable, Lamb and Hannah Sjerven accounted for 39 of the team’s 41 points. The other two points came from freshman Grace Larkins.

The trio led the Coyotes again Monday against Drake. USD defeated Drake 61-46 at Drake, with the trio tallying 52 of the team’s 61 points.

The Coyotes jumped ahead 29-12 after one quarter of play and led 40-19 at the half. Drake got within 10 in the fourth quarter, but the Coyotes held strong to close the game out.

Sjerven led the charge this time around, tallying 25 points and 12 rebounds to record a double-double. Korngable added 14 points and Lamb 13. Korngable added six assists. Larkins picked up a team-high five steals defensively for USD. Megan Meyer and Maggie Bair picked up 10 points each to pace the Bulldogs. Grace Berg contributed eight points and six rebounds.

The Coyotes are back in action Thursday at home against Briar Cliff. Thursday’s home game is the final game before a trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the Coyotes play three games in three days over Thanksgiving break.