The Titans host Youngstown State Saturday at 2 p.m. at Calihan Hall. The game will be part of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The free event starts at 10:30 a.m. Participants will get many freebies: lunch, T-shirts, gift bags and tickets to the game. The Titans are 5-5 […]
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Oakland game Sunday ‘big deal’
BY KARIC JONES VN SPORTS Writer Detroit Titan Anton Wilson is one of the top three-point shooters in the Horizon League – and not a man of many words. But he agreed recently to sit down for a Q&A with The Varsity News. Anton, you’re a top three-point […]
Chicken, waffles highlight menu of new restaurant
BY Alani Letang VN STAFF WRITER We all like chicken and we all like waffles, but what about both? At Kuzzo’s Chicken and Waffles, you can get just that. And it’s close to campus. Owner Ron Bartell, a former Detroit Lions player, told Channel 7, “Detroit was missing that unique […]
‘I’m really feeling it!’
BY EMILY AUTEN VN GAMES REVIEWER “This is the Monado’s power.” If any of you have been playing the popular Nintendo fighting game, Super Smash Brothers for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS as much as I have, you may have noticed a new character on the roster this time […]
UDM students, VN critic pick category favorites
BY JOEY OSTER VN MOVIE CRITIC Oscar night is one of the more underrated gambling nights of the year. The favorites win almost every category. Almost. Perennially, there is a lone upset in one of the major categories. Whether it’s Ang Lee winning Best Director for “Life of Pi” or […]
Handicapping Best Picture Oscar nominees
BY JOEY OSTER VN MOVIE CRITIC First off, eight films being nominated is too much and makes no sense. It does not spike viewer interest, and it demeans receiving a nomination in the Oscars’ most prestigious category, Best Picture. Just go back to five, please and thank you. […]
VN deadlines prepared ex-editor for job at Ford
BY Jack Walsworth VN NEWS EDITOR Former Varsity News editor-in-chief Alice Arutoff, a 2010 UDM grad, is establishing herself with Ford Motor Company. Arutoff, 27, was a double major, earning a bachelor’s degree in communications studies and English with a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. When did you […]
Netflix Binging
BY Chantel Watkins VN STAFF WRITER Everyone watches Netflix, right? It’s not uncommon to hear people talking about snuggling up all day and binge-watching movies or a whole series. Most students at UDM, it seems, spend their nights writing essays, studying or watching Netflix. It’s hard to find students […]
All invited to campus New Year festivities
BY Annmarie Nagy VN GUEST WRITER The university will be hosting a Chinese New Year Celebration on Feb. 20, the day after the new year begins. Open to all students, it will be held at 6 p.m. in the ballroom. Jing Yang, who is from Fujian Province in China, […]
Detroiters need to get over ‘my Chicago’
I consider myself an upbeat and open-minded person. But some things get under my skin far more than I’d like to admit and when they do, it’s not easy to block them out. A conversation a couple weeks ago at my internship downtown was a prime example of this. I […]