Wednesday, July 2, 2025
UDM graduate Jon Krause is living and working in China. He is sharing his experiences through this column. By Jon Krause VN GUEST COLUMNIST Exhausted. Confused. Cranky. Scared. After a series of transports adding up to 18 hours of travel, I stepped outside into a world very unlike my own. […]
Valentine’s Day is my thing. Well, any holiday where baking and decorating are involved is sort of my thing. But Valentine’s Day is my designated holiday. I mean, who doesn’t love love? More chocolate than we actually need and over-priced flowers that only last a day or so are just […]
BY Vershay Burks, JENNA DANIEL AND AKILEA McKAY VN SPECIAL WRITERS For University of Detroit Mercy students, Valentine’s Day will be awkward, heart-breaking, romantic, sickening or just another day to share happiness with others. Last week, many students and some staff members at UDM were asked about their most […]
BY Maggie Jackson VN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Members of UDM’s eco-marathon team not only have their eyes on expanding their group, they also have a bigger goal in mind: winning an international competition. After about a six-year hiatus, a few students in the School of Engineering decided to revamp the team. “Shell […]
BY Jack Walsworth VN NEWS EDITOR A killing close to the McNichols campus has left some students unsettled. The fatal shooting took place across Livernois Avenue, not far from the university’s entrance, at about 11:15 p.m. Jan. 29. According to UDM Public Safety, the unknown perpetrator opened fire on […]
BY JOEY OSTER VN MOVIE CRITIC When I awoke this past Thursday morning to see that “American Sniper,” directed by Clint Eastwood, had snagged six Oscar nominations, including the coveted Best Picture, I was a bit skeptical. The film just wasn’t generating the sort of buzz deemed necessary to […]
BY Alani Letang VN STAFF WRITER Members of the UDM Dental School community pride themselves on community outreach, and the oral health care of all Detroit residents. According to the school’s website, “Service to community is so much more than the activity itself.” UDM Dental School has a plethora […]
It was finals week when I received an unexpected text message. The sender was a guy I had worked with last year and someone I hadn’t spoken to in months. So when I say this message was unexpected, it was very unexpected. He wanted to know if I wanted to […]
Over this past Christmas break I had to say goodbye to something that’s been apart of my family since 2001. The house I grew up in, my boyhood home so to speak. This didn’t come as a shock. I knew the day was coming when my parents bought a condo […]
UDM graduate Jonathan Krause accepted a teaching position in China and will be sharing his adventure in the coming issues of The Varsity News. BY Jonathan Krause VN GUEST COLUMNIST It was sitting rather innocuously in my in-box one cool, crisp spring morning. “Teach English abroad. All expenses […]
