Friday, November 15, 2024
Varsity News photo by LO DODSON BY JOAN-MARIE JEFFERSON / VN STAFF WRITER The Grammys, Oscars and Emmys are not the only big award shows happening this year. Detroit Mercy’s Student Programming Board is hosting its annual Phenomenal Women’s Dinner Wednesday, March 23, and Mary-Catherine Harrison, English department chair and associate […]
BY EMILY JONES / VN STAFF WRITER Detroit Mercy is known for many things, but music is not one of them. Around campus you see a multitude of flyers for a wealth of subjects, but besides the Electronic Dance Music Club and the pep band, this area can be sonically dry. […]
BY OLANZO PALMER / VN STAFF WRITER Just two months before graduation, seniors find their thoughts dominated by questions about the future. “Will I get a job right out of college?” “What is my next move?” It can be scary time, especially if you’re the first in your family to earn […]
VN photo by LO DODSON BY MIJAI LEWIS / VN STAFF WRITER At the start of college life, most students picture how their dream dorm room will look. For sophomore Kyri Jackson, now an RA, the aim was chill vibes. “Just a relaxed environment where I can sleep and study,” she […]
Photo by U.S. Navy BY TIFFENY GRIPPER / VN STAFF WRITER “How many people have to die for things to change?” “They should raise the age for having a gun.” “Guns aren’t the problem. Mental illness is the problem.” “My AR-15 is for self-defense.” These are just a few of the […]
BY LAUREN SHARKEY / VN STAFF WRITER Well, that was an enlightening week. In my previous Varsity News article, before spring break, I announced I would be signing off social media for a week to see how it would feel and how it would impact me. I was a full-on social […]
Emily Jones, Johnathan Zhu, Deej Oster and Phylisha Drayton represented The Varsity News at a national college media conference. BY EMILY JONES / VN columnist Spring break brought me a wonderful opportunity to experience many new things. I felt as if I were in an entirely different country. In […]
BY EMILY JONES / VARSITY NEWS STAFF WRITER 2018 marks a special year for Detroit Mercy’s student-run literary journal, [sic]. This year is the 25th anniversary of the annual publication, a literary mash that contains short stories, poems, drawings, photographs and more. Never limited to one genre and covering […]
Varsity News photo / LOREAL DODSON Ophelia Joseph thougth she would feel isolated in the entrance booth, but she does not. BY TIFFENY GRIPPER / VARSITY NEWS STAFF WRITER Before you set foot on the Detroit Mercy campus, something comes between your car and the entrance to the university: […]
Varsity News photo / LOREAL DODSON Marcus Williams and George Eason work sorting mail for Detroit Mercy. BY LAUREN SHARKEY and MIJAI LEWIS / VARSITY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Every day, hundreds of pieces of mail arrive on campus. It falls to a crew of three men to handle most of it […]
