Friday, November 15, 2024
BY VIRIDIANA CAMACHO / VN COLUMNIST Detroit Mercy is Michigan’s largest Catholic University. Even then, I feel as if the campus is small. No complaints here. I love the campus size, especially during the winter. Because the campus is not wide, getting from Briggs to the student center is no more […]
Michigan is a state with a large outdoor recreation industry. It also has many abundant natural resources. From a business point of view, it would be smart of the legislators of our state to put time, effort and money into keeping this industry well running and by preserving Michigan’s environment. […]
By Tiffeny Gripper / VN STAFF WRITER Today when people hear the phrase “Detroit Barbeque,” they automatically think of Slow’s Bar BQ, the nationally known restaurant in Corktown. But Detroit has many neighborhood places. And 16 years before Slow’s even existed, locals near campus had Uptown BBQ & Soul food – […]
BY CRYSTAL EDMONDS / VN STAFF WRITER A nationally recognized scholar on race matters will speak Monday, Feb. 18, on the McNichols Campus as part of Black History Month. Crystal M. Fleming, an associate professor of sociology and Africana studies at SUNY-Stony Brook, will discuss her new book, “How to Be […]
Ellen Craft and her husband William escaped slavery in disquise. Their story will be told on stage. BY CRYSTAL EDMONDS / VN STAFF WRITER A special one night-only love story will be presented by Detroit Mercy Theatre Company Thursday, Feb. 14, as part of Black History Month. “A Thousand Miles to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
