Thursday, September 19, 2024
BY HANNAH ALEXIS, VIRIDIANA CAMACHO and CLAIRE PATTERSON VN STAFF WRITERS Political science major Amy Scruggs loves Halloween. Every year, her room is filled to the brim with decorations. Her favorite memory is when she made candy corn from scratch. Her family also has the tradition of visiting Spicer […]
BY CRYSTAL GREEN VN STAFF WRITER Teams are being sought for Detroit Mercy’s 19th annual Ethics Bowl, which will be held Nov. 9 at 12:30 p.m. in the Fountain Lounge. It rates as one of the most popular cerebral events on the McNichols campus. Haley Ladd participated last year. She […]
BY VIRIDIANA CAMACHO And Nicholas Cucchi VN SPECIAL WRITERS Millennials are among the loneliest generations, according to a recent study. One survey of millennials (those born between 1982 and 2004) indicated that one in five said they felt loneliness of some sort. Some experts have cited social media as a […]
BY JOAN-MARIE JEFFERSON VN STAFF WRITER Being fashion forward, enjoying great food and finding fun things to do can be hard on a college budget. But it necessarily does not have to be. You just have to know the right places to visit and when to catch the right deals. […]
BY KORI TUCKER VN SPECIAL WRITER Student got a taste of African and Caribbean food and music recently in the Fountain Lounge, when the African and Caribbean Student Organization hosted an Oct. 1 event. The club focuses on empowering students of African and Caribbean descent and educating students who may not know […]
BY DEVONNE MCCULLOUGH VN SPECIAL WRITER They are the first in their families to attend a four-year institution. They are first-generation college students. And Detroit Mercy has many of them – about a third of its enrollment – as well as an organization to support them. Detroit Mercy First Gen aims […]
BY GERALD BLACKSHEAR / VN STAFF WRITER Students certainly have their complains about professors – from saying they’re too strict or not good at teaching the material. But how about professors? Do they have complaints about students? Texting in class, chewing gum, coming late to class – what gets under a […]
Dr. Katherine Snyder BY CRYSTAL EDMONDS / VN STAFF WRITER Lean into your fears, this year’s Phenomenal Woman of the Year urged a Detroit Mercy audience recently. Detroit Mercy presented the 16th annual award to Dr. Katherine Snyder, dean of the College of Engineering and Science, on March 28. The evening […]
BY ISAIAH WARREN / VN STAFF WRITER Gaming is one of the favorite pastimes on campus, and there’s no shortage of students at Detroit Mercy who play. Sayf Saleem, a pre-med bio major, says he games only one to two days a week, mainly due to school and work. But […]
BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR Detroit Mercy has elected a new student government president. Tallying a high of 196 votes, Kenneth Donaldson, a sophomore political science major, was elected president, defeating Nathan Wodwaski. After serving two years as a senator, Donaldson will take the reins from Benjamin Westphal, who […]
