Thursday, November 14, 2024
BY Vershay Burks VN SPECIAL WRITER March 12, on a Thursday evening, Engineering room 220 of UDM was filled with a mixed group of about 20. Some were students, most were professors and others may have been reporters. Sitting in the room you could hear the constant “snap” of […]
BY Claire Hardy VN SPECIAL WRITER Because the Jesuits live on campus, many students know more about them than they do the Sisters of Mercy, the University of Detroit Mercy’s other co-sponsor. Catherine McAuley, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, lived in Ireland in the late 1700s. McAuley […]
Ah, registration season. It’s the time of year when engineering and science students worry and wonder, “Will I get the labs I want in time?” And when many of us ask, “Will – fill in professor’s name here – class be open?” I remember as a naïve freshman thinking that […]
BY JONATHAN KRAUSE VN GUEST COLUMNIST China is full of confusing, eye-opening experiences where you get to learn about new cultures and eat lots of bugs. We've established that much already in my last few entries. It sounds completely perfect, right? Well, it’s not quite perfect. As with any […]
When at first you don’t succeed, celebrate! Weird advice, I know, but when one opportunity does not work out, you never know what the next opportunity is going to be. Sometimes it will be even better than you imagined. Last fall I decided to apply for graduate schools, forgoing all […]
BY JACK WALSWORTH VN NEWS EDITOR Tuition at the University of Detroit Mercy is going up – yet again. This time, it will be a 3.5 percent increase. Word came in a mass email sent out over spring break by UDM President Antoine Garibaldi. He said it is the […]
BY ANNEMARIE NAGY VN STAFF WRITER What better way to celebrate the beginning of spring and hopefully some warm weather than participating in Geek Week, a treasure hunting-style game that includes cash prizes? Geek Week will be held on campus from March 30 to April 2. Teams of four […]
BY VITO CHIRCO VN SPORTS EDITOR Autumn Rademacher, known for years as “Coach Rad” on campus, refused to criticize her alma mater in her first media interview since being dismissed as head coach of the women’s basketball team. “I’m grateful and thankful for the players I was able to coach, […]
The annual start of the Major League Baseball season – spring training – typically brings along with it a new reason to hope for every one of MLB’s 30 clubs. It also gives me and others a chance to get out of the funk – not the good kind that […]
BY EMMA MUCCI VN Staff Writer Although she may only be 5-foot-4, Darianne Seward has made a huge impact as a freshman on the Detroit Titans women’s basketball team. She has already broken records, and she continues to make a major impact on the team. Her shift from high […]
