Tuesday, July 8, 2025
KENDALL PAYNE / Photo courtesy of UDM Sports Info BY SCOTT SPARKS / VN STAFF WRITER Five members of the Detroit Mercy women’s golf team have been playing together for three years now – and they have big goals for their season. The lineup also includes two freshmen. There are […]
AMBER GEETING / Photo courtesy of UDM Sports Info BY ANTHONY OCCHIUTO / VN STAFF WRITER The Titans track teams have quite the journey ahead as they continue into their outdoor spring schedule. As conference championships at the end of February near, they will be looking to up their performance to get […]
BY KAELYN JOHNSON / VN STAFF WRITER The tragic death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant in a helicopter crash reverberated across the Detroit Mercy campus. Bryant’s Mamba Mentality influenced many of Titans athletes. Sophomore Marquis Moore plays for Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team and is a biology major. […]
BY JORGE REYNA / VN SPORTS EDITOR It had been seven years since Doug Anderson dunked a basketball near section 313 at Calihan Hall. But the former Statefarm Slam Dunk champion returned to the scene of his collegiate successes recently. He returned as “Sweet Georgia Brown” played throughout the stadium. He […]
BY MAXINE MOORE and VIRIDIANA CAMACHO / VN STAFF WRITERS Many Detroit Mercy students have mixed feeling about Valentine’s Day. Some think that the day is a must-celebrate holiday whether you have a partner or not. Others think of the love-filled holiday as a way to get people to spend their money. […]
BY BENJAMIN BLAZEVIC / VN COLUMNIST We need to stop blaming video games for violence when the problem is personal responsibility. I’m 22 years old and I’ve been playing video games for more than a decade. Saying that I play “a lot” of video games is an understatement. While it’s well […]
BY D.R. KOUKAL / VN GUEST COLUMNIST Though I was greatly saddened to receive the provost’s communication of Feb. 6 concerning recent “bias-related incidents” on our campus, I can’t say I was surprised, given the noxious climate of our current politics. The provost’s statement was for the most part strong and […]
BY MAXINE MOORE / VN STAFF WRITER Whether or not race can be unmade was one question pondered Feb. 3 by panelists at Detroit Mercy. Dozens of people gathered in the Bargman Room on the second floor of the library for an event called “The Differences Between Us.” It was the […]
BY TANAJA CAMPBELL / VN STAFF WRITER Detroit Mercy has decided to lower the number of credits required for bachelor degrees for incoming freshmen entering in fall 2020. The required number will drop from 126 credits to 120 credits. Students currently enrolled in an undergraduate program will still be required to take 126 credits, […]
Leni Alvarez and Fernando Jose Trejo Guevara. / Photo by Benjamin Blazevic BY BENJAMIN BLAZEVIC / VN STAFF WRITER Two young activists from Mexico and El Salvador visited Detroit Mercy to spread awareness of the lives of deportees and the creative efforts of young people in Central America. Fernando Jose […]
