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Features

The texting divide: Profs dislike it, but students persist

BY ERIN STEIN VN STAFF WRITER Texting. Almost everyone does it. Look around campus when you get out of class and most everyone has their eyes glued to their phones while their thumbs fly across the screen. What about texting in class? Students and professors sometimes have differing opinions about […]

News

Students feel cuts in work study

BY Maggie Jackson VN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF   Cuts to the federal work-study program are impacting UDM students. This school year, the university saw its work-study funds fall to $940,000, said financial aid associate director Caren Bendes. “Last year we had close to $1 million in an allowance given through the federal […]

Features

In days of yesteryear

The McNichols campus has changed over the decades, as these historic photos attest. But much has remained the same, as well. Can you place the location of these old photos? Photos courtesy of Pat Higo at UDM Library Archive

Sports

Real lessons flow from role at Fox Sports

ldquo;Don’t be a dumbass!” – I heard those four words a few times from my supervisor Mike Happy while serving as an editorial intern last term at FOX Sports Detroit. As digital content editor at FSD, Happy holds true to the highest standards in his line of work. A former […]

Columnists

Top of the board

BY VITO CHIRCO VN SPORTS EDITOR   Intense. Fiery. Passionate. Any of the three aforementioned adjectives can be used to aptly describe the coaching style of one Autumn Rademacher, head women’s basketball coach. And no longer is she just the women’s basketball head coach at UDM. She’s also now the […]

Columnists

Titans find their chemistry

By Karic Jones VN STAFF WRITER   After sitting out all of last season due to NCAA transfer rules, former Colorado Buffalo and six-foot-seven Detroit product Chris Jenkins is being expected to make an impact right away with the Titans. Along with the expectation to make an impact right away […]

Features

Commute plays havoc on bad days

By Chantel Watkins VN STAFF WRITER   UDM is a big commuter campus with more than half of the students driving to campus everyday. Many people who commute live further than 10 miles from campus so traveling here is not always so easy, especially in the winter months. Students miss […]