Goodbye, Taco Bell. Farewell, candy and cola. See you later, steak. The Lenten season – Feb. 18 through April 2 – means something different to almost everyone at University of Detroit Mercy. For many, it is a time for sacrifice. Though Lent stems from the Catholic faith, many Catholics […]
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Spring break: time in Hawaii with family wins
In a couple days, I won’t be a lot of things. I won’t be cold. I won’t be worrying about classes or homework. I won’t be going to my internship. I won’t be in Detroit. I will be in the air. I will be over the Pacific Ocean. I will […]
Save the eyeballs for me
Jon Krause, a UDM graduate who is teaching English in China, writes on his experiences for The Varsity News. By Jon Krause VN SPECIAL WRITER “Surely, my mother wouldn't approve of this,” I thought to myself as I picked an avian toenail out of my teeth. She had […]
One UDM senior’s bucket list
Midterms are finally over and spring break is only a few days away. While many may be breathing a huge sigh of relief right about now, this part of the year is also a little bittersweet because we are now in the home stretch towards graduation. These past three-and-a-half years […]
League championship time
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.
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 […]
