Ben Nesselhuf and Jared Higman, candidates for District 17 State Senate, debate at the Freedom Forum at the Al Neuharth Media Center. Follow the debate with our live blogger Patrick Morrison.
For live, streaming video of the debate, click here. Mac users will have to download Flip4Mac. Click here for a free download.
For a live blog with Assitant News Editor Patrick Morrison, click here.
As with all transitions, sometimes difficulties occur (just look at the new student center).
VolanteOnline.com is experiencing technical difficulties as we attempt to move to our new website. We apologize for any inconvenience.
The new site will have more connectivity and ability than ever. Nonetheless, our parent company, College Publisher, is having problems running their servers and, therefore, moving content to our server and allowing access to the inner workings of VolanteOnline.com
In other words, Online Editor David Whitesock and I are unable to upload any content, which explains why the stories featured in the site are up to two weeks old. As soon as we are able to upload content, the new print edition will be online, along with video and sideshows to accompany the print edition.
Also, shortly, VolanteOnline.com will be the place for all of the news that affects you as a University of South Dakota student and Vermillion resident. More updates, briefs, video, slideshows, blogs posts, podcasts and 24 hour news stories will come along with the new site.
Right now, all you need to do is sit back and be patient. Great things come with time, and we promise the new site will be up before the new student center.
– Drew Quandt | Web Producer
The beginning of the fall semester marked a change for The Volante and other campus media organizations, a change that is truly vital to the journalism students on campus but one that may be unnoticed by the average reader.
The market for newspapers and other media outlets is changing. Some grumble that the newspaper industry is dying, but I’m convinced the newspaper will never truly die, although it may and most likely will see a shift in its form.
It’s paramount for journalists to be ridding themselves of the old mindset that they are simply print journalists, or broadcast, or radio. The journalist of today must be prepared at every step to capture audio, video, photos, and then write a story besides all of that.
But I think it is important for journalists to realize that they can’t always do it alone, and it’s possible to share resources and some content, while remaining their own distinct identity. The Volante is joining a convergence team called the Cross Media Council at USD, where they will be able to share and cross-promote other campus medias like U.News and U.Radio.
For the reader, this means they will likely be seeing more promotion of the broadcast and radio station both in our print product as well as online at our Web site, VolanteOnline.com. They will also see The Volante featuring video and audio produced by students at other organizations.
This is an exciting avenue the USD media has chosen to explore, and I hope viewers appreciate the extra content we are now able to provide.
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You’ll notice in this week’s print edition, an In The Know says The Volante has a new Web site. Well, if you’ve been to VolanteOnline.com, you’ll notice it is the same old site. Rest assured, there is a new site on the way. We were truly hoping to show off the new digs on Wednesday, but as anyone may know, things can go awry in the world of technology. So, our staff is working diligently to get the new site out there. Sometimes it’s difficult to but a definite time on such things, but our plan as of right now is to have the site online in time for our next print issue — Wednesday, Sept. 24.
In the meantime, we will still be covering the news as it happens at VolanteOnline.com.
While researching USD boot camp for my article for the Volante, I was given the opportunity to actually participate in the class. Thinking of myself as a generally fit person, I thought this would be no problem, a walk in the park, as the saying goes. Well, it was more like a vigorous run through the park.
The class, full of wonderful women whom I truly admire for going through this twice a week, started out with a brisk half-mile jog. Most of that jog, I settled for a brisk walk. Huffing and puffing when I arrived back to the exercise circle, I grabbed a mat and joined the rest of the stretching women. Stretching, thank goodness, I can actually handle that.
However, the stretching was there to prepare me for some exercises that used muscles I didn’t even know I had. There was a lot of work to strengthen arms, muscles and, of course, legs. The next day, even laughter is painful for my muscles. After we finished all those very painful exercises the instructor announced that we would be embarking on a long, long, long run up hills. I bailed.
I waited around for about 15 minutes with the photographer, for the women to return. Return they did! They were exhausted, with good reason. I was exhausted just from the first run, not to mention all of those techniques we had done.
The teamwork among these women was something I found quite amazing. They all worked together and encouraged each other, and even through all the difficulty they kept their humor. One woman said something very hilarious. I believe it was “Don’t get out of shape, don’t drink all the time and don’t get out of shape when you have kids.” Along with myself, the rest of the women burst out in a fit of laughter.
So what did I learn from this experience? I am not at all fit, not even at a beginner level! It felt good though, being outside, breathing in fresh air, treating my body right. It was certainly a very interesting experience.
– Jessa Waters
Not sure what you did with your Saturday — sleeping, shopping, homework, watching football, sleeping — but many of us here at The Volante took the day to gather insight about the practice of journalism from a couple members of the profession and to share with each other knowledge many of the Volante veterans have accumulated over the years.
Taking time out of there busy day were Keloland.com’s Web Producer, Jonathan Garcia, and the new Managing Editor of the Argus Leader, Patrick Lalley. These are two gentleman with unique insight into the world of journalism and they chose to impart some wisdom upon members of The Volante today. A big thanks to both of them!
A lot of what was discussed dealt with the nuts and bolts of journalism and would bring you to tears, I’m sure, however, the reason for this post is to simply make the statement that we take very seriously what we do at The Volante. Besides SGA, we tend to generate a large amount of hate mail for one reason or another. This is a relatively large community and you cannot please all the Yotes all the time. It is important to remember however, that The Volante is on-the-job training. We are a serious news organization, but there are some who are new to the journalism fold and they are learning as they go, therefore errors will happen.
Part of what today was about, was a chance to provide even more training that cannot always come from the classroom or the reporter’s beat. We are here to serve the community of USD and also that of Vermillion as a whole. Beginning this fall 2008 semester, The Volante began reporting on day one through our Web site. We will not publish our first print issue until this Wednesday, Sept. 17, but we have already been out there covering the events of USD, trying to better serve the students and live up to our motto: “The students’ voice since 1887.”
We intend to make our print issues even better than years past. Part of that improvement w Continue reading ‘Saturday full O’ journalistic fun’
One construction/dedication down, only two more to go. Finally, USD can say, “Look what we’ve done! Isn’t it grand?”
And, truth be told, the building is grand. The inside is spectacular. Hundreds of people gathered to hear President James Abbott, Sen. Tim Johnson, Dr. Ron Lindahl, Dean of the medical school and several others in Friday’s dedication ceremony. Luckily, there was plenty of balcony space on the two floors above the ground seating area.
If you missed the ceremony, there are photos below to show you what you missed. Or better yet, check out VolanteOnline.com and read Nick Woltman’s report and watch Drew Quandt’s video of the event.
–Michelle Rydell
Today I went to the Brown Bag Lunch program featuring an ensemble of monks from India, which was held at USD’s National Music Museum.
I had never been to a brown bag lunch program, and I was impressed by the amount of people who attended. About 100 people showed up to listen to the group of five monks, who are from the Gaden Shartse monastery in Mungrod, India.
The brown bag lunch program, “An Auspicious Moment: Sampling the Sounds of Tibet,” featured traditional Tibetan instruments from the National Music Museum’s collections.
The monks are in the area to build a sandmandala in the Levitt Gallery on Morningside College’s campus in Sioux City to raise money to equip a hospital located at their settlement in India.
Look back to VolanteOnline.com to view photos, hear audio of their performance and more updates.
Tonight/later this morning we will have an online edition of The Volante. Right now (8:10 p.m.) we are on hold as each of the sections edit their stories. No surprise, but the bulk of our first batch of stories will be construction related. Nick Woltman will have an interview with President James Abbott regarding all of the construction projects on campus, especially that of the student center. The biggest addition to our web content this year will be video, and we have Abbott’s interview available in three parts, plus comments from SGA President Ryan Budmayr, and a guided tour of the MUC — Muenster University Center — AKA student center.
That is all for now, we’ll see you at volanteonline.com.
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