BY VIRIDIANA CAMACHO VN STAFF WRITER President Trump’s immigration battles with Mexico and Latin America may seem a long ways from Detroit, but their impact is being felt personally on the McNichols campus, where several Detroit Mercy students have seen family members deported. Edward Jurado, president of the Latinx Student […]
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‘Silent Sky’ play opening; honors female scientist
BY KAELYN JOHNSON VN SPECIAL WRITER Detroit Mercy Theater Company kicks off its 49th season with Lauren Gunderson’s “Silent Sky,” a true story that honors an important woman in history. In the 19th century, as women were fighting for the right to vote, Henrietta Leavitt made a difference in the […]
Trump, impeachment inquiry divide Detroit Mercy students
BY MAXINE MOORE and NICHOLAS CUCCHI VN SPECIAL WRITERS Junior Loreal Salter, 20, remembers exactly where she was, what she was doing and who she was doing it with when Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States in 2016. She recalls that her conservative school had […]
Students gear up for hosting national Jesuit event
BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR For the first time in school history, Detroit Mercy will host the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference (NJSLC) this summer. The five-day conference is expected to draw over 400 attendees from across the nation. The event will take place July 10-14 under the leadership […]
Students invited to new Detroit Mercy DECA chapter
BY CLAIRE PATTERSON / VN STAFF WRITER A newly established collegiate chapter is coming to Detroit Mercy for students interested in business. DECA, a national organization with chapters at the college and high school levels, hosts business competitions that help build basic real-world skills. “DECA is an organization that prepares students […]
God didn’t appoint us rulers of Earth, says theologian
Picture of Dr. Elizibeth Johnson BY CRYSTAL EDMONDS / VN STAFF WRITER Pope Francis stated: “Each year sees the disappearance of plant and animal species, which we will never know, which our children will never see, because they have been lost forever. The great majority become extinct for reasons related […]
Former professors named in Jesuit abuse report
Sullivan BAYNE BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR At least six Jesuit priests who formerly worked at the university have been accused of sexual abuse. None of them are currently affiliated with Detroit Mercy, and none of their known incidents involved university students, according to an investigation by The […]
Accident claims life of Sally Baker
BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR Charges are not expected in a car-pedestrian accident that took the life of a 77-year-old woman outside the Detroit Mercy gates the evening of March 13. Sally Baker was a well-known presence at the university and a resident of Lansing-Reilly Hall, where she was […]
University terminates fraternity
BY BRANDON WENNER / VN STAFF WRITER After being suspended in November due to allegations of numerous violations, Kappa Delta Rho has been terminated on the Detroit Mercy campus by university officials. Student Life issued a statement late last week announcing the decision. “We regret that this was the decision as […]
LatinX shares culture, supports events on campus
BY VIRIDIANA CAMACHO / VN STAFF WRITER Student Edwin Jurado joined the LatinX Student Association (LXSA) because he “wanted to share his culture with the rest of the university.” A junior majoring in psychology, he is now LXSA’s president. Jurado said that when he started school here there weren’t many Latinos […]
