Thursday, July 10, 2025
BY CRYSTAL EDMONDS / VN STAFF WRITER A nationally recognized scholar on race matters will speak Monday, Feb. 18, on the McNichols Campus as part of Black History Month. Crystal M. Fleming, an associate professor of sociology and Africana studies at SUNY-Stony Brook, will discuss her new book, “How to Be […]
Ellen Craft and her husband William escaped slavery in disquise. Their story will be told on stage. BY CRYSTAL EDMONDS / VN STAFF WRITER A special one night-only love story will be presented by Detroit Mercy Theatre Company Thursday, Feb. 14, as part of Black History Month. “A Thousand Miles to […]
BY GANNON PACIONI / VN NEWS EDITOR A growing Student Government Association (SGA) plans to push for improvements to dining and residence halls as well as clarity about school cancelations. A junior education and English major, SGA president Benjamin Westphal has been on a mission with fellow officials to rebuild the […]
DAMIAN TORRES-BOTELLO (VN photo / MARISSA BARRIUSO) BY GANNON PACIONI / VN STAFF WRITER For years before coming out to his parents, Damian Torres-Botello fretted over how he would break the news to them. “I read books on how to tell them, because in a way I knew I was […]
BY PEYTON THOMAS / VN STAFF WRITER It has been well over fifty years since the University of Detroit witnessed its own Division 1 football team take the field on its own campus. 1964 was the team’s final season, and, despite occasional rumors to the contrary, there are no plans of […]
BY EMILY JONES / VN CO-EDITOR Chelsea Short’s life changed forever on July 2, 2015, though she didn’t know it at the time. Short and her boyfriend’s second anniversary fell on that day. To celebrate, they planned to go out. As she was getting ready in her bedroom, Short heard what […]
BY MARISSA BARRIUSO / VN STAFF WRITER Before students head home to their families for Thanksgiving, National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week will be happening across the country. Beginning Nov. 10, the week helps raise money and attention of hunger and homelessness. According to the hhweek.org website, “549,000 Americans are homeless […]
BY ISAIAH WARREN / VN STAFF WRITER Detroit Mercy hosted the 14th annual Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit Conference Nov. 2 and 3. The conference as a whole focused on problems involving global warming, issues in the community and Disability Pride. To start of the conference on the second day, Wanda Jones […]
It was a somber but strong message. Members of the Detroit Mercy family stood in solidarity Nov. 1 against the hate-induced violence that claimed 11 lives in an Oct. 27 massacre at a Pennsylvania synagogue. Students and staff, including university President Dr. Antoine Garibaldi (bottom photo), participated in the solemn […]
BY SOPHIE TORCELLO / VN STAFF WRITER Moving from home to college is a big step for most. But for international students – who make up roughly 15 percent of Detroit Mercy’s enrollment – it’s even bigger. Pauline Van Herck, Iris Thioux and Sara Mitrakovic can attest to this. All were […]
