Monday, September 16, 2024
Freshman Hayden Cunningham has lived on campus longer than you. He’s been here 16 years. Almost all of his life. Since 1999. Back when your parents may have been listening to “Believe” by Cher on the radio. Back when the twin towers still stood in New York City. Back […]
When UDM professor and history department chair Greg Sumner was asked by a publisher to write a book about Detroit during the World War II era, he jumped at the opportunity. “It’s such a rich topic,” he said. “Detroit in World War II,” Sumner’s third book, comes out Nov. 9 […]
Have you seen Grounds Coffeehouse this year? Umm, if you haven’t, you should definitely make your way to the basement of the student union and see for yourself. Many events for student organizations are held there. The Student Programming Board (SPB) has weekly meetings in Grounds as does the Muslim […]
Slavery remains at the root of racial issues in America, according to UDM history professor Dr. Roy Finkenbine. Finkenbine, director of the university’s Black Abolitionist Archives and a nationally recognized expert on slavery, delivered a Lunch and Learn talk Oct. 23, titled “Much Apu About Nothing: Sesquicentennial Reflections on the […]
UDM students may still be adjusting to the fall semester, but registration for winter and summer semesters is just around the corner and class options are being explored. Junior Austin Luokkala switched from a business major to communications studies. “I’ll take a few communications classes,” he said. “I haven’t looked […]
For freshmen, the first months of the new year bring many decisions and adjustments. Whether to live on campus is one of them. “Oh yeah, I had to live on campus. My brother is so annoying,” said freshman Eryn Hearns. She could have lived back home in Farmington Hills but […]
When I first saw the track listing for The Story So Far’s self-titled third LP, I was excited. I was thinking that lead vocalist Parker Cannon might being showing more emotions than being heartbroken. I was wrong. This is a sad record if you listen to the lyrics. Cannon has […]
ldquo;The Martian” opens like a superhero origin story, and this is more or less what we get: a beautifully sleek, easy-to-access superhero-ish film that plays to the masses. Matt Damon is likeable and funny enough as Mark Watney, an astronaut presumed dead by his crew and left behind stranded on […]
Getting a novel published is no small feat. There’s the writing process, editing, rewriting, rejection letters, getting a publisher and, of course, finding an audience to actually read it. But on Friday, Sept. 11, three published authors held a book reading and a Q & A in the renovated Grounds […]
Has anyone noticed the Starbucks in UDM’s Library? Or the new set up of the concession stand in the library? Sodexo has made many changes on campus. It has not been a secret that many students have had problems with food options on campus, but this year will be different, […]
