BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR A growing Student Government Association (SGA) plans to push for improvements to dining and residence halls as well as clarity about school cancelations. A junior education and English major, SGA president Benjamin Westphal has been on a mission with fellow officials to rebuild the […]
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On the road of honesty and openness
DAMIAN TORRES-BOTELLO (VN photo / MARISSA BARRIUSO) BY GANNON PACIONI / VN STAFF WRITER For years before coming out to his parents, Damian Torres-Botello fretted over how he would break the news to them. “I read books on how to tell them, because in a way I knew I was […]
Sigma Pi brings back football to campus
BY PEYTON THOMAS / VN STAFF WRITER It has been well over fifty years since the University of Detroit witnessed its own Division 1 football team take the field on its own campus. 1964 was the team’s final season, and, despite occasional rumors to the contrary, there are no plans of […]
Over time, student finds silver lining in family tragedy
BY EMILY JONES / VN CO-EDITOR Chelsea Short’s life changed forever on July 2, 2015, though she didn’t know it at the time. Short and her boyfriend’s second anniversary fell on that day. To celebrate, they planned to go out. As she was getting ready in her bedroom, Short heard what […]
Students fight hunger, homelessness before holiday
BY MARISSA BARRIUSO / VN STAFF WRITER Before students head home to their families for Thanksgiving, National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week will be happening across the country. Beginning Nov. 10, the week helps raise money and attention of hunger and homelessness. According to the hhweek.org website, “549,000 Americans are homeless […]
Speaker highlight Bioneers conference
BY ISAIAH WARREN / VN STAFF WRITER Detroit Mercy hosted the 14th annual Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit Conference Nov. 2 and 3. The conference as a whole focused on problems involving global warming, issues in the community and Disability Pride. To start of the conference on the second day, Wanda Jones […]
Solidarity vigil
It was a somber but strong message. Members of the Detroit Mercy family stood in solidarity Nov. 1 against the hate-induced violence that claimed 11 lives in an Oct. 27 massacre at a Pennsylvania synagogue. Students and staff, including university President Dr. Antoine Garibaldi (bottom photo), participated in the solemn […]
Food, language top list of major differences for European students
BY SOPHIE TORCELLO / VN STAFF WRITER Moving from home to college is a big step for most. But for international students – who make up roughly 15 percent of Detroit Mercy’s enrollment – it’s even bigger. Pauline Van Herck, Iris Thioux and Sara Mitrakovic can attest to this. All were […]
Adjustments color experience for Asian students
BY ISAIAH WARREN / VN STAFF WRITER Coming to America from Wuxi City, China, Xiantong Wang noticed the blueness of the sky immediately. “I love it,” he said. “The air here is really fresh.” A 22-year-old mechanical engineering student, Wang said that he also enjoys the Detroit Mercy campus and prefers […]
Pursue your passion, magazine writer tells students
ALUM YVELETTE STINES BY SOPHIE TORCELLO / VN STAFF WRITER From The Varsity News to living her dream in New York City, Yvelette Stines has taken a varied journey in journalism and communication. Stines has always had a passion for writing but it took her awhile to find her career […]
