The Detroit Mercy Men’s lacrosse team is on pace for its worst season record-wise since 2016. The Titans are sitting at 1-8 with two games left to go in the regular season, the team’s first in the ASUN conference after previously competing in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Despite the struggles […]
Author: Mohamed Sylla
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Junior center reflects on ‘pretty good’ hoops season
The author, Mohamed Sylla, is a junior center on the men’s basketball team. Our season may have recently come to an end, but it certainly had its highlights. One of our most impressive accomplishments as a team was only losing a single game at Calihan Hall all year. Our goal […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]