Because this is my last column for the year, I decided to make it a little different. This is going to be more of an advice column and I’m just going to advise you to do things a little differently this summer so you can really glow up. Summer time […]
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Speakers share to dispel mental illness
For Mike Belotti, having a mental illness has been both the best and worst thing to happen to him. A husband and father of three, Belotti didn’t think anything was wrong with him until later in life when he began having manic episodes and ended up in a hospital one […]
Linklater elevates ‘Everybody Wants Some’ romp
In a month, I’ll be saying goodbye to college, so it’s only fitting that my final review at The Varsity News be a classic ’80s throwback college movie set on capturing the hallowed ground of American higher education through partying and sex jokes. “Everybody Wants Some!!” strives to seize […]
Cancer benefit attracts hundred
Students at the University of Detroit Mercy have once again come together to support a great cause. This time, over 100 members of the student body and local community came together at the Fitness Center to partake in a three-on-three soccer tournament held April 4. Proceeds from the event […]
Professor honored as ‘phenomenal’
The Student Programming Board’s 13th annual Phenomenal Women’s Dinner honored Dr. Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster. Zimmerman-Oster has made many contributions to the university. She is not only a professor in the psychology department but also serves as director of the industrial/organizational psychology master’s degree program as well as director of the […]
Fr. Albright celebrates 90 years — 61 on campus
Fr. Gerard Albright celebrated his 90th birthday April 3 with many family members, alumni, students, faculty and friends. A long time familiar figure on campus, Fr. Albright started at the university in 1955 as a part-time professor. Five years later, he became a full-time faculty member. Since then, Fr. Albright […]
Social media’s unintended consequences
Social Media has been a growing industry for the past decade. In fact, the percentage of adults using social networking has tripled since 2006. Younger adults, between the ages of 18 and 29, are the most likely to use social media. Surveys show about 90 percent of that group are […]
When rising rock stars came to Calihan
In honor of its approaching 2018 centennial, The Varsity News is occasionally running stories from its archives. This issue’s installment includes three reviews of concerts by what were then up-and-coming musical acts that appeared at Calihan Hall between the late 1960s and early 1970s. Elton different but not […]
Goodbyes get tougher with the years
Another school year is nearly in the books, and what a year it has been. I can’t believe that I’m going to be a senior in just a few months. But until then, I have a lot to accomplish. Last-minute assignments and exams are draining me, but thankfully there are […]
For class of ’16, ‘real world’ adventures await
This past weekend, I went to the UDM library to work on some final papers and projects. What greeted me when I pulled onto campus, besides the April snow, was a score of signs for Saturday’s accepted students day. Sure enough as I drove through campus, I saw many high […]
