Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and SpaceX and one of the world’s richest people, announced on April 14 that he wanted to buy the social media site Twitter. Musk’s primary intentions for the purchase of the company, he said, include an overall push for greater free speech. Musk, however, tried to […]
Author: Noah Szymanski
COVID-19 almost got me
The coronavirus has impacted millions of people around the world and it almost killed me. Nearly 6.63 million people died from COVID-19 and there are over 643 million confirmed cases. Unfortunately, I was one of the 643 million confirmed cases due to poor judgment and my increased need to go have […]
Life inside Lansing-Reilly
It’s one of the lesser-known locations on the University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols campus. It’s also one of its most beautiful. Lansing-Reilly Hall, built in 1926, is home to the Jesuit priests who teach and work in and around Detroit Mercy. It’s one of the first buildings you see as you drive […]
Students to showcase work in animated film festival
On Friday, Dec. 16, a semester of hard work will culminate at the Detroit Mercy Animated Short Film Festival. Students in Professor Andrew Papa and Professor Jason Roche’s Computer Animation and Voice Acting class will be presenting their final projects at the festival to cap off the Fall semester. The festival […]
Students have many ways to give back this holiday season
For most students, the holidays serve as a time for being with family, showing appreciation through gifts and, of course, eating good food. Beyond friends and family, the season of giving extends to the less fortunate. Students at Detroit Mercy have multiple ways to help those in need ahead of […]
Road trips, cruises and presents among Titan Christmas traditions
Bust out the eggnog and ugly sweaters; it’s Christmas time. Students at the University of Detroit Mercy are preparing to celebrate the holidays with family and friends in a variety of ways – once they get those pesky finals out of the way, that is. Most say they appreciate the […]
One author’s Top 5 albums of the year
An extraordinary number of incredible, groundbreaking albums came out in 2022, proving yet again that the music industry is alive after the struggles of the coronavirus pandemic. From rock to country to even hyperpop, artists of all genres released albums that may go down as classics and be listened to for […]
Quadeca showcases talent in new, dreary album
In a year that Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Ye each released an album, a white boy with a lisp out of Los Angeles took the title of “Al- bum of The Year” for many. Last month, American rapper and former YouTube star Ben Lasky, better known by his stage name “Quadeca,” […]
Popular trio continue in ‘The Grand Tour’
Since 1977, the British Broadcasting Corporation has hosted a show called “Top Gear,” where car enthusiast hosts would show off cars in stunts, reviews, road trips and documentaries. The show had decent success, until 1988 when the BBC hired car journalist Jeremy Clarkson as its new show host. After 10 […]
Passion for acting, directing drives popular theatre professor
When it comes to interesting professors here at the University of Detroit Mercy, few rival the passion and boisterous personality that accompany Associate Professor of Theatre Andrew Papa. Growing up in college towns with both of his parents being professors, a strong value on education was impressed on him from a […]
