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 […]

BY EMILY JONES / VN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The name always gets noticed: Titan Hookers. Detroit Mercy’s new knitting and crocheting group aims to run group projects and help students who need to learn crocheting basics. The group was started by Karla Aickens, who works in the library, and Jacqui Al-Guweiri, who works […]

BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR Two candidates are campaigning to succeed Ben Westphal as student body president at Detroit Mercy. Westphal announced weeks ago that he would be stepping aside. Kenneth Donaldson and Nathan Wodwaski are running for the top Student Government Association position. The election is underway now, […]

By Claire Patterson / VN STAFF WRITER Filling your schedule with core classes is easy, but you still need to find time in your busy schedule for electives. Selecting one that is somewhat easy as well as fun can be tricky. If you are at a loss on what classes to […]

BY CRYSTAL EDMONDS GREEN / VN STAFF WRITER Classrooms can seem perilous to students with learning disabilities. But increasing numbers of people with learning disabilities are enrolling in two- and four-year colleges and universities. Nationally, 3.3 percent of all students who head off to college each year report having a […]

BY GANNON PACIONI / VN COLUMNIST If you’ve been in a gym, worked with a fitness coach or even had an annoying fitness friend or family member, you’ve inevitably heard the quote, “It is about what you do the 23 hours outside of the gym that really is going to affect […]

BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR A growing Student Government Association (SGA) plans to push for improvements to dining and residence halls as well as clarity about school cancelations. A junior education and English major, SGA president Benjamin Westphal has been on a mission with fellow officials to rebuild the […]