The Titans finish their regular season schedule tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 25, hosting Valparaiso. The Horizon League tournament opens next week. March 3 at Calihan Hall.
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A ‘Very Bad Day’ is coming to Grounds
The UDM Theatre Company’s next production is “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” which will be shown in the Grounds March 20-22. “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” is a musical adaptation of the popular children’s book, which follows feisty Alexandernd a […]
N.C. killings reverberate on campus, vigil honors dead
BY AKILEA McKAY VN STAFF WRITER More than 65 members of the University of Detroit Mercy community came together last week for a candlelight vigil honoring three Muslim students killed in Chapel Hill, N.C., recently. The killings “really hit home for me,” said sophomore Sabrina Baghaie, one of several students […]
Deep freeze
BY Javon Johnson Holland VN Special Writer This freezing winter weather is challenging some UDM students. “It’s really hard to adapt,” said Olanzo Palmer, 19. Palmer is from Mandeville, Jamaica, where it is in the 70s and 80s this week. “I’m not used to the cold weather,” said Palmer. […]
‘I just want to make UDM better’
BY Maggie Jackson VN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Newly elected Student Government Association President Karic Jones is promising an era of change. At the top of the list: restructuring the organization and expanding activities on campus. Jones, a junior dual major in psychology and communication studies, was elected president in an online […]
Hall of Famer Perry Watson reflects on Titans, Fab 5
BY VITO CHIRCO VN Sports Editor The man who changed the dynamic of Detroit Titans men’s basketball finally has his place in the Hall. Not Dick Vitale. (He’s there, too.) But Perry Watson, the former Detroit Southwestern High School head coach and current Orlando Magic scout who was inducted […]
Clock ticking for McCallum
Second-half collapse here, second-half collapse there. It’s been the theme of the Detroit men’s basketball season. And it’s starting to define the tenure of men’s basketball coach Ray McCallum, who has suffered close losses to Bowling Green, Wichita State and Green Bay at home, as well as similar defeats to […]
Tommy Titan, about age 40, has rooted his way into hearts of fans
By Tim Krafchak VN SPECIAL WRITER From Griz the Grizzly of rival university Oakland University to Pistol Pete of Oklahoma State, college mascots exist all throughout the college sports world. Consisting of named incarnations of live, costumed or inflatable mascots, they give fans something to look forward to at […]
Women’s Sports Day Saturday
The Titans host Youngstown State Saturday at 2 p.m. at Calihan Hall. The game will be part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The free event starts at 10:30 a.m. Participants will get many freebies: lunch, T-shirts, gift bags and tickets to the game. The Titans are 5-5 […]
Oakland game Sunday ‘big deal’
BY KARIC JONES VN SPORTS Writer Detroit Titan Anton Wilson is one of the top three-point shooters in the Horizon League – and not a man of many words. But he agreed recently to sit down for a Q&A with The Varsity News. Anton, you’re a top three-point […]
