Friday, November 15, 2024
Sullivan BAYNE BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR At least six Jesuit priests who formerly worked at the university have been accused of sexual abuse. None of them are currently affiliated with Detroit Mercy, and none of their known incidents involved university students, according to an investigation by The […]
CRYSTAL GREEN / VN STAFF WRITER Sally Baker, 77, who died in a pedestrian-car accident last week just outside the campus gate, was described as creature of habit, a woman of prayer and a devoted member of the Detroit Mercy community. She will truly be missed. She took her time as […]
BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR Charges are not expected in a car-pedestrian accident that took the life of a 77-year-old woman outside the Detroit Mercy gates the evening of March 13. Sally Baker was a well-known presence at the university and a resident of Lansing-Reilly Hall, where she was […]
BY BRANDON WENNER / VN STAFF WRITER Matthew Chesley knows a thing or two about getting in shape. “From (age) 14 to 24, I gained 100 pounds,” he said. “When my wife was pregnant with my daughter, I decided I need to be in shape so I could be around for […]
BY BRANDON WENNER / VN STAFF WRITER After being suspended in November due to allegations of numerous violations, Kappa Delta Rho has been terminated on the Detroit Mercy campus by university officials. Student Life issued a statement late last week announcing the decision. “We regret that this was the decision as […]
BRANDON WENNER / STAFF WRITER Super Bowl 54 may have been uneventful but the free agency season, which opened March 13, has been anything but. The Pittsburgh Steelers have lost arguably the automatic one and two picks in fantasy football. Antonio Brown is now an Oakland Raider after Pittsburgh received third- […]
BY ISAIAH WARREN / VN STAFF WRITER You don’t have go far to find McNichols campus theatre alums on television, in movies or on stage. Examples abound, including Keegan-Michael Key, Ted Raimi, David Patrick Kelly, Angelina Fiordellisi, Anita Barone, Christopher Darga and Amy Yasbeck. Keegan-Michael Key is the best known of […]
BY VIRIDIANA CAMACHO / VN STAFF WRITER Student Edwin Jurado joined the LatinX Student Association (LXSA) because he “wanted to share his culture with the rest of the university.” A junior majoring in psychology, he is now LXSA’s president. Jurado said that when he started school here there weren’t many Latinos […]
BY EMILY JONES / VN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The name always gets noticed: Titan Hookers. Detroit Mercy’s new knitting and crocheting group aims to run group projects and help students who need to learn crocheting basics. The group was started by Karla Aickens, who works in the library, and Jacqui Al-Guweiri, who works […]
BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR Two candidates are campaigning to succeed Ben Westphal as student body president at Detroit Mercy. Westphal announced weeks ago that he would be stepping aside. Kenneth Donaldson and Nathan Wodwaski are running for the top Student Government Association position. The election is underway now, […]
