Thursday, July 10, 2025
BY BRANDON WENNER / VN STAFF WRITER Detroit Mercy has gained a new presence in campus ministry with the recent arrival of Paul Riffon, a 28-year-old from Morgantown, West Virginia. “I didn’t know much about Detroit and I didn’t know much about the area other than what’s on the news. And […]
BY JOAN-MARIE JEFFERSON / VN STAFF WRITER Instagram, Twitter, Facebook – oh, my! Much of what we do involves social media in some way or form. When on social media, you have to be mindful of what you post, who you follow and who follows you. One of my favorite social […]
BY ISAIAH WARREN / VN STAFF WRITER Dominic Chirco, a senior political science major, earns money working on campus as an audio engineer at the CST studio in the basement of Briggs Building. For three years, he has held a work-study job, setting up sound for events on campus. The […]
BY SOPHIE TORCELLO / VN SPECIAL WRITER As part of a Constitution Day celebration, Detroit Mercy history professor Dr. Roy E. Finkenbine highlighted the contributions of an unsung civil rights worker who sometimes worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and also is one of the university’s alums. The late Robert W. […]
BY EMILY JONES / VN CO-EDITOR Finding a place of total acceptance and understanding can be a hard task for anyone, let alone for members of the LGBTQ+ community. There are places, however, that exist that do fit the ideal. One of them is Affirmations in Ferndale, which is headed […]
BY PEYTON THOMAS / VN STAFF WRITER Hundreds of young adults under age 21 die every year because of alcohol consumption, a Detroit Mercy associate professor told students Sept. 11 in a seminar about the effects of alcohol and its use on the body. “Binge drinking in our adolescent population is […]
BY MARISSA BARRIUSO / VN STAFF WRITER Calihan Hall, known as the home of Detroit Mercy’s basketball teams, has a history that is not so athletic. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, before Calihan was its name, the Memorial Building hosted concerts with famous or soon-to-be-more-famous entertainers. Stevie Wonder, Elton John, […]
BY MARISSA BARRIUSO / VN STAFF WRITER I’m a junior at Detroit Mercy, and there have been many things that have made me fall in love with this school. There have also been things I wish I could change. The five most prominent things that I love at the university are […]
BY EMILY JONES / VN CO-EDITOR Being alive is hard. Sometimes, all I want is for my brain to turn off, if just for a couple hours. To date, besides drinking (cheers to turning 21), the best form of escapism that I’ve discovered is reading. Also, rumor has it that […]
BY PEYTON THOMAS / VN STAFF WRITER As the new school year begins to pick up, the fitness center has unveiled its schedule of intramural sports and activities for October. Registration for intramural sports is currently taking place. The events are free to all Detroit Mercy students, faculty and staff. “Intramural […]
