Author: Mohamed Sylla

Sports

Senior bests elements to earn 1st college win

The environment and conditions of an athlete can indeed affect their efficiency and playmaking ability. For a golfer, the ability to consider course and weather conditions is something they have trained for their entire athletic career. That would be some- thing that senior James Hill would conquer on March 29 through […]

Sports

Dance team’s bonds go beyond court

Basketball season may be over, but the friendships formed by the Detroit Titans Dance Team continue. The 10 members of the univer- sity’s 2021-22 dance team have bonds that stretch beyond the hard- wood floor of Calihan Hall. One member, Lea Cook, decided to join after finding out a few of […]

Columnists

How to make the most of your time at Detroit Mercy

We are currently nearing the end of the 2021-22 school year and grad- uation is around the corner. I am a senior and I will soon be graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications. I am extremely fortunate to be able to graduate from such a great school like the University […]

Columnists

Kids should learn all of our history

Critical race theory has become quite the hot button topic in the past year. At least, that is when I first heard of it. But what is critical race theory? Miriam-Webster Dictionary defines it as “a group of concepts (such as the idea that race is a sociological rather than […]

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An ‘actual challenge’ this Lent? No morning joe

As a lifelong Catholic, my family and I had always participated in the tradition of Lent. In the past I have given up things such as chocolate and other forms of sweets, temperaments (like not being quick to anger) and other material goods. All of those “vices” that I had […]

Sports

Softball team looks to shake slow start

The Detroit Mercy softball team has had a tough start for the 2021-2022 season. Since starting play in mid-February, the Titans are 0-19. But the players aren’t deterred. “Obviously, it is not what we expected, but at the end of the day, we cannot let it affect the rest of […]

News

Texas service trip planned for late April

Detroit Mercy’s University Ministry organization, fresh off a service immersion trip to Chicago earlier this month, is already planning its next stop: El Paso, Texas, in late April. The trips include manual labor, cultural learning, relationship building and daily prayer and reflection, according to the group’s website. “The main mission […]

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Much-needed new turf coming to Titan Field in May

Titan Field is scheduled for a much-needed facelift this May. The University had been meaning to install new turf on the field, which hosts men’s and women’s soccer as well as lacrosse, but the project has been postponed the past two years by the coronavirus pandemic. “The new field was […]