BY NICHOLAS CUCCHI VN SPECIAL WRITER Miley Cyrus, Wayne Brady and Demi Moore once set foot on the Detroit Mercy campus – while working on films. And so did silent-movie star Cullen Landis. It may come as a surprise to some that several movies have featured this university as a […]
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Student-run Hive offers food pantry for classmates
By Claire Patterson VN STAFF WRITER The Hive, a new student-led organization, is helping battle food insecurity at Detroit Mercy. Senior Dohna Dudley started the organization about a year ago after noticing a need for a food pantry on campus. Dudley is founder and operations manager of The Hive “Forty-six […]
Halloween memories: Students share theirs
BY HANNAH ALEXIS, VIRIDIANA CAMACHO and CLAIRE PATTERSON VN STAFF WRITERS Political science major Amy Scruggs loves Halloween. Every year, her room is filled to the brim with decorations. Her favorite memory is when she made candy corn from scratch. Her family also has the tradition of visiting Spicer […]
Teams forming for popular Ethics Bowl competition
BY CRYSTAL GREEN VN STAFF WRITER Teams are being sought for Detroit Mercy’s 19th annual Ethics Bowl, which will be held Nov. 9 at 12:30 p.m. in the Fountain Lounge. It rates as one of the most popular cerebral events on the McNichols campus. Haley Ladd participated last year. She […]
Students feel lonely; social media a cause?
BY VIRIDIANA CAMACHO And Nicholas Cucchi VN SPECIAL WRITERS Millennials are among the loneliest generations, according to a recent study. One survey of millennials (those born between 1982 and 2004) indicated that one in five said they felt loneliness of some sort. Some experts have cited social media as a […]
Fashion bargains on Livernois
BY JOAN-MARIE JEFFERSON VN STAFF WRITER Being fashion forward, enjoying great food and finding fun things to do can be hard on a college budget. But it necessarily does not have to be. You just have to know the right places to visit and when to catch the right deals. […]
Caribbean, African students share culture, comradery
BY KORI TUCKER VN SPECIAL WRITER Student got a taste of African and Caribbean food and music recently in the Fountain Lounge, when the African and Caribbean Student Organization hosted an Oct. 1 event. The club focuses on empowering students of African and Caribbean descent and educating students who may not know […]
First generation students find support in group
BY DEVONNE MCCULLOUGH VN SPECIAL WRITER They are the first in their families to attend a four-year institution. They are first-generation college students. And Detroit Mercy has many of them – about a third of its enrollment – as well as an organization to support them. Detroit Mercy First Gen aims […]
What you do that irritates your profs
BY GERALD BLACKSHEAR / VN STAFF WRITER Students certainly have their complains about professors – from saying they’re too strict or not good at teaching the material. But how about professors? Do they have complaints about students? Texting in class, chewing gum, coming late to class – what gets under a […]
‘Lean into your fears,’ award winner Synder tells campus audience
Dr. Katherine Snyder BY CRYSTAL EDMONDS / VN STAFF WRITER Lean into your fears, this year’s Phenomenal Woman of the Year urged a Detroit Mercy audience recently. Detroit Mercy presented the 16th annual award to Dr. Katherine Snyder, dean of the College of Engineering and Science, on March 28. The evening […]