Thursday, November 14, 2024
BY KARIC JONES VN STAFF WRITER Three games into the 2015 men’s lacrosse season, the Detroit Titans, powered by underclassmen, are off to a 2-1 start. This is largely due to solid play from freshmen Sean Birney and Mark Anstead, as well as sophomores Kyle Beauregard and Brad Harris. […]
BY VITO CHIRCO VN SPORTS EDITOR Though in the shadows of her admittedly faster and stronger brothers Mike and Sean, Kylie Birney has made quite the name for herself as a women’s lacrosse player. The second-oldest Birney athlete at UDM is a confident individual, sure of her skills on […]
BY JOE OSTER VN STAFF WRITER And now, in the wake of the Oscars Sunday, a few brief reviews of recent movies. ‘JUPITER ASCENDING’ There’s a reason “Jupiter Ascending” was pushed from its initial July 2014 release, called a massive flop before it even opened and eventually dumped […]
BY Vershay Burks VN SPECIAL WRITER Black History Month comes to an end on Saturday, Feb. 28, but its purpose lives on throughout the year. “Sometimes I find it kind of odd that we have the shortest month to celebrate our black ancestry, but nevertheless it’s still our time […]
Philanthropy Awareness Day will be spotlighted on Thursday, Feb. 26, in two locations: the Loft Dining Room and the library lobby. The Student Alumni Association and the Office of University Advancement will once again be giving out free hot chocolate to anyone who stop by between 11:30 a.m. and 2 […]
Students gathered in St. Ignatius Chapel last week to honor the Muslim victims of the Chapel Hill shooting. BY AKILEA McKAY VN STAFF WRITER In a few years’ time, the Muslim Student Organization (MSO) has grown into one of the most active groups on the McNichols campus. Sophomore Zoya […]
BY EMILY AUTEN VN GAMES REVIEWER On a recent February morning, thousands of fans all over the world logged onto their computers and eagerly went to streaming websites such as Twitch and Nico Nico Douga excited for one thing, the Persona 5 trailer. I was one of the thousands, […]
BY ANNMARIE NAGY VN STAFF WRITER An upcoming program at UDM aims to increase awareness about self-injury – a problem that affects students across the nation, including those on the McNichols campus. Self-injury is a serious issue that affects all age groups, according to Dr. Andrea Kwasky, an assistant professor […]
The Student Programming Board (SPB) plans so you can play. At least that’s what our next shirts will say – anything but those ugly, ghastly and (most of all) plain white shirts we have now with those old-fashioned school colors. Don’t get me wrong: Red and blue are nice but […]
BY GINEARA HANNAH VN GUEST COLUMNIST “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King, Jr. For the month of February, we celebrate Black History Month and every black leader, activist and inventor who has had an impact on us. […]
