An even more familiar than usual scene during this semester of online courses: a student at her laptop. / VN photo by Devonne Mccullough BY BENJAMIN BLAZEVIC / VN STAFF WRITER It would be an understatement to say that no one could have predicted the type of semester we would […]

BY RYAN RUTKOWSKI / VN STAFF WRITER Which VALORANT team is the best? It comes down to three teams: G2 Esports, Sentinels and Team SoloMid.  These teams have dominated the infancy of VALORANT esports and all have effective arguments to claim the “best team in the world” title. G2 Esports […]

BY MAXINE MOORE / VN STAFF WRITER Is it possible to be friends with someone who has differing political views than you? The short and simple answer to this question is maybe. Here’s the deal. In today’s world, political perspectives are being confused with moral perspectives. The word “political” is […]

BY RYAN RUTKOWSKI / VN STAFF WRITER The Shanghai Dragons look to make a storybook ending as the third season of the Overwatch League comes to a close. The Dragons join the Philadelphia Fusion, San Francisco Shock and Seoul Dynasty in the final double-elimination tournament of the year Oct. 8-10. […]

BY SARA MITRAKOVIC / VN STAFF WRITER I’m one of those people who spend free time searching for my next traveling destination. In high school, I chose Spanish as my second foreign language and, lucky for me, my professor was so good I became fluent by the time I graduated […]

BY ALY REIFF / VN STAFF WRITER Throughout the summer of 2020 country singer Carrie Underwood, a former American Idol winner, put the finishing touches on her new Christmas album, “My Gift,” which came out Sept. 25. In the past, Underwood has released holiday songs. But this is her first […]

BY JORGE REYNA / VN STAFF WRITER With this not being your typical NBA playoffs due to Covid-19, there have been a lot of unexpected turns.  Like the Clippers committing one of the biggest chokes of the season or in playoff history and the Heat kicking out the number one […]

BY MAXINE MOORE / VN COLULMNIST It was March 11 when the city of Detroit recorded its first case of “The Rona,” the latest coronavirus. My teammates and I were at the Royal Oak Hop Cat when a barrage of emails flooded our in-boxes: University of Detroit Mercy was pausing […]

BY ANTHONY OCCHIUTO / VN STAFF WRITER A new generation of gaming is set to start in November with the new Xbox releasing on Nov. 10 and PlayStation 5 on Nov. 12.  This will end a great era of gaming for the PS4 and the Xbox One, which debuted in 2013. Many […]

BY RYAN RUTKOWSKI / VN Columnist The weekend of Aug. 29-30 saw champions crowned in multiple esport categories, including Call of Duty, Valorant and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The inaugural season of the Call of Duty League concluded with the Dallas Empire defeating the Atlanta Faze 5-1. The Dallas Empire, led […]