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.
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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
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
