Thursday, September 19, 2024
The McNichols campus resembles a ghost town. / VN photo by RYAN RUTKOWSKI BY MAXINE MOORE / VN STAFF WRITER Just a few weeks ago, it seemed Detroit Mercy students would have little to worry about related to the terrifying coronavirus that was mostly impacting people overseas. Little did we know this […]
Sara Mitrakovic of Slovenia is impacted by travel restrictions. / VN photo by SOPHIE TORCELLO BY SOPHIE TORCELLO / VN STAFF WRITER Many Detroit Mercy students have been moving their belongings out of the dormitories and returning home because of the coronavirus pandemic. But that option doesn’t exist for […]
Empty parking lots are the new norm on the McNichols campus. / VN photo / SOPHIE TORCELLO BY BENJAMIN BLAZEVIC / VN STAFF WRITER The changes on campus brought about by the coronavirus pandemic are challenging students and staff at Detroit Mercy. Classes have moved online, all group activities have […]
BY VIRIDIANA CAMACHO / VN STAFF WRITER Students who participated in the interfaith dinner found common ground at the Detroit Mercy event Feb. 4. Clayton Blackwell, a local ministerial candidate in the Southern Michigan Conference of the Free Methodist Church USA, said the dinner was “a great opportunity to discuss common […]
An architectural rendering of the outdoor plaza. / Photo courtesy of Detroit Mercy Advancement BY DEVONNE MCCULLOUGH / VN STAFF WRITER For the first time in a half century, the Student Union at Detroit Mercy will be expanded and renovated. Construction is expected to begin in May and be finished within […]
BY MAXINE MOORE / VN STAFF WRITER Whether or not race can be unmade was one question pondered Feb. 3 by panelists at Detroit Mercy. Dozens of people gathered in the Bargman Room on the second floor of the library for an event called “The Differences Between Us.” It was the […]
BY TANAJA CAMPBELL / VN STAFF WRITER Detroit Mercy has decided to lower the number of credits required for bachelor degrees for incoming freshmen entering in fall 2020. The required number will drop from 126 credits to 120 credits. Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate program will still be required to take 126 credits, […]
Leni Alvarez and Fernando Jose Trejo Guevara. / Photo by Benjamin Blazevic BY BENJAMIN BLAZEVIC / VN STAFF WRITER Two young activists from Mexico and El Salvador visited Detroit Mercy to spread awareness of the lives of deportees and the creative efforts of young people in Central America. Fernando Jose […]
BY TANAJA CAMPBELL / VN STAFF WRITER The Student Alumni Association is hosting its annual Day of Giving next week on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The purpose of this day is to inform students on the importance of alumni engagement with the university. Every year, the focus is on educating students, thanking donors and giving back to the community […]
BY MAXINE MOORE / VN STAFF WRITER The Iowa caucus will be held next week, but Detroit Mercy students who lean Democratic have no consensus favorite among the dozen seeking the party nomination. They are united by one factor, though: President Donald Trump. Freshman Zaria Reid is typical. She does not […]
