The phrase “home is where the heart is” evokes an entirely different feeling for those whose homelands are economically challenged or volatile. The above statement ties asylum seekers, migrants and immigrants together in a common bond. Amrutha Jindal, chief defender attorney at nonprofit advocacy organization Restoring Justice, expressed her concerns […]
Author: Antoine J. Davis
Freshman History major gets starring role in ‘Addams Family’
The University of Detroit Mercy Theatre Company later this week is set to begin production of The Addams Family, its first musical in Detroit since the coronavirus pandemic. The show, a shortened 90-minute dramatic concert version of the much longer musical, starts March 31 and runs through April 10 at […]
Taylor named 26th president
The University of Detroit Mercy recently announced that Dr. Donald B. Taylor will succeed Dr. Antoine Garibaldi as the school’s 26th president. Taylor currently serves as president of Cabrini University, a Catholic school in Radnor, Penn., about 20 miles outside Philadelphia. His appointment is effective July 1. Michael T. McNamara, […]
Students will miss Dr. G’s warmth, sharp memory
Outgoing President Antoine Garibaldi is known on campus for remembering students’ names and forming connections even after brief encounters. Senior pre-law student Matt Hutnick, a Psychology major, experienced this firsthand. Hutnick, who also serves as president of the Student Government Association, first met Garibaldi when he was an 11-year-old […]
What comes next?
As seniors Antoine Davis and Willy Isiani prepare for graduation, they’re also preparing for what’s next in their basketball stories. Davis and Isiani arrived on Detroit Mercy’s McNichols campus together during the 2018-19 season, the same year Head Coach Mike Davis, Antoine Davis’s father, took over the program. The younger Davis […]
Why youth voices are necessary in philanthropy
Youth voice in philanthropy is a necessity. Without it, we limit community sustainability and impact. The nature of philanthropy is centered around an individual or group streamlining resources towards sustainable change in communities and to promote the welfare of others. Since the 19th century, philanthropy has been the leading source […]
COVID for Christmas: my experience
My older sister, Valerie Falk, was 24 when she suffered a cardiac arrest in May of 2019. A pefectly healthy individual, she was in a coma for quite some time. Doctors gave her a four percent chance of living. She eventually made it out alive with no brain injury, although […]
Time recovering from broken toe prompts worries of what comes after graduation
On Friday, Feb. 4, I slipped on slick ice while walking up the driveway and broke my toe. Since it is important for my toe to heal, I have been resting a lot. That mostly means laying around in bed, unable to help my family around the house or even […]
Ready for MAC-tion
The University of Detroit Mercy’s women’s lacrosse team lost its first game of the year to the University of Michigan by a score of 23-2, but players are extremely excited about the season and the games to come. “It is hard to say how we will do record-wise this season […]
Women’s basketball snaps 29-game losing streak
It took nearly 14 months and an entirely new roster, but the University of Detroit Mercy women’s basketball team has finally won a game. The Titans snapped a brutal 29-game losing streak on Valentine’s Day, beating the University of Illinois-Chicago on the road 63-61 with a last-second layup from graduate […]
