Saturday, September 21, 2024
BY RYAN RUTKOWSKI / VN Columnist The weekend of Aug. 29-30 saw champions crowned in multiple esport categories, including Call of Duty, Valorant and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The inaugural season of the Call of Duty League concluded with the Dallas Empire defeating the Atlanta Faze 5-1. The Dallas Empire, led […]
Campus life has changed. / Photo by Devonne Mccullough BY ALY REIFF / VN Staff Writer For Detroit Mercy students, living on campus is different this semester. New rules have been adopted and are being enforced. Among other things, they require wearing a mask in all buildings except your own […]
Detroit Mercy students have been good about wearing their masks. / Photo by Devonne Mccullough BY ISAIAH WARREN / VN Staff Writer The level of concern about the Covid-19 pandemic varies wildly among students at Detroit Mercy. Detroit Mercy senior Sayf Saleem is a biology major and psychology minor. He […]
The library opens weekdays at 8 a.m. / Photo by Devone Mccullough BY SARA MITRAKOVIC / VN Staff Writer Syllabus Week is past us and we are officially saying hello to September. It’s time to share some upcoming events and activities that will occur on the McNichols Campus. Go and […]
BY ANTHONY OCCHIUTO The baseball season has started but it hasn’t been smooth, to say the least. MLB has had to postpone many games because of Covid-19 being spread in clubhouses and among teams around the league. This is because the commissioner has not laid out the proper structure to allow for games […]
A Detroit Mercy student in the McNichols library. / Photo by Devonne Mccullough BY NOLAN KROHA / VN Staff Writer Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a majority of Detroit Mercy classes are being conducted mostly or entirely online through Blackboard. The program and its Collaboration app allow students and professors to […]
BY MAXINE MOORE / VN Staff Writer Titan Matt Turner of Evansville, Indiana, said he was “extremely upset” when the men’s lacrosse season came to an abrupt end after only five games last spring. The fifth-year senior explained the disbelief and confusion he and his teammates experienced when COVID-19 hit. […]
TITAN GOLFER JAMES HILL IS AMONG THE DETROIT MERCY STUDENTS LIVING IN CANADA DURING THE PANDEMIC. BY ANTHONY OCCHIUTO / VN Staff Writer This semester is going to be different for Detroit Mercy’s Canadian students Being Canadian and living in Canada and now starting school online from home instead of being […]
BY ALEXIS FLEMING / VN Staff Writer Detroit Mercy is not the only university settling into a new and different semester. The pandemic has changed the way classes, organizations and even sports will be running throughout the country, leaving many students struggling to get used to the new normal. Darla Washington, a sophomore […]
Four winners have been honored in the fiftieth annual Dudley Randall poetry contest, sponsored by Detroit Mercy’s English department. Professor Mary-Catherine Harrison said the competition drew its most entries in recent memory. Mary Elizabeth Johnson, an English major, won first place for her poem “a shoplifter in Amity, New York […]
