BY Vershay Burks VN SPECIAL WRITER If you haven’t heard of “Empire,” the new hit show by Lee Daniels, you are missing out on a lot of drama. “Empire” is about a family-owned record company and the music industry, more specifically the hip hop industry. In its premier season, […]
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Drake, J. Cole, Beyonce test the allure of secret albums
BY AKILEA McKAY VN STAFF WRITER Secret albums. Is this the new trend in music? First Beyoncé, then J. Cole and now Drake. Why is everyone trying to keep secrets? What are these artists trying to hide? Beyoncé was the first to do it and many of her counterparts […]
Few objections here: crazy courtroom has charm
BY EMILY AUTEN VN STAFF WRITER “Objection! Take that! Hold it!” These words, along with some others, flow across the screen in stylized letters as evidence is presented in order to attempt to discredit the suspect’s testimony. Not only does the “Objection!” result in exaggerated finger pointing and table […]
WGS students credit minor with opening eyes to issues
BY EMILY AUTEN VN STAFF WRITER Giulia Pink has a new understanding of classism and politics. Stephanie Turk finds she has become more empathetic. Imari Smith has a greater appreciation for how change takes place. All three UDM students credit their minor in Women’s and Gender (WGS) Studies. The […]
Free Press’ Riley looks to encourage next wave of female intellectuals
BY Vershay Burks VN SPECIAL WRITER March 12, on a Thursday evening, Engineering room 220 of UDM was filled with a mixed group of about 20. Some were students, most were professors and others may have been reporters. Sitting in the room you could hear the constant “snap” of […]
McAuley’s mission lives on in sisters’ work
BY Claire Hardy VN SPECIAL WRITER Because the Jesuits live on campus, many students know more about them than they do the Sisters of Mercy, the University of Detroit Mercy’s other co-sponsor. Catherine McAuley, the founder of the Sisters of Mercy, lived in Ireland in the late 1700s. McAuley […]
‘Jupiter’ crashes, ‘McFarland’ inspires, ‘Fifty Shades’…
BY JOE OSTER VN STAFF WRITER And now, in the wake of the Oscars Sunday, a few brief reviews of recent movies. ‘JUPITER ASCENDING’ There’s a reason “Jupiter Ascending” was pushed from its initial July 2014 release, called a massive flop before it even opened and eventually dumped […]
Celebration traces to 1920s ‘Negro History Week’
BY Vershay Burks VN SPECIAL WRITER Black History Month comes to an end on Saturday, Feb. 28, but its purpose lives on throughout the year. “Sometimes I find it kind of odd that we have the shortest month to celebrate our black ancestry, but nevertheless it’s still our time […]
Muslim students find ‘a family’ in MSO, one of the fastest growing groups
Students gathered in St. Ignatius Chapel last week to honor the Muslim victims of the Chapel Hill shooting. BY AKILEA McKAY VN STAFF WRITER In a few years’ time, the Muslim Student Organization (MSO) has grown into one of the most active groups on the McNichols campus. Sophomore Zoya […]
Expectations high for Persona 5
BY EMILY AUTEN VN GAMES REVIEWER On a recent February morning, thousands of fans all over the world logged onto their computers and eagerly went to streaming websites such as Twitch and Nico Nico Douga excited for one thing, the Persona 5 trailer. I was one of the thousands, […]