About 60 Detroit Mercy students will head to one of four locations for Alternative Spring Break, March 4-11, to experience different lifestyles, create relationships and make an impact for the better. Each group will be living in a different environment for five to seven days. These are the sites being […]
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On overpass, ex-Titan saves life as officer
Former Detroit Mercy soccer player Abigail (McCollum) Campbell was honored Friday at the men’s basketball game against University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) for an act of heroism. Campbell, who is now a police officer, talked a man out of jumping off of the Livernois overpass into traffic on the Lodge […]
Some students, staff call area near Puritan home — and like it
In the neighborhoods beyond the gated grounds of Detroit Mercy, people – including some who work and attend Detroit Mercy – live and go about their day-to-day routines. And despite what some may say and think about the blocks south of campus along Puritan and west of Livernois, the neighborhoods […]
WORK OF ’13 ALUM COULD PREVENT GUN TRAGEDIES LIKE NEWTOWN
Patrick Pawlowski has been working to make guns safer since graduating in 2013. This spring, following much national fanfare, the product he played a key role in developing – Identilock – will hit the market. A biometric trigger lock, Identilock aims to prevent accidental shootings and to keep unwanted persons […]
Dreams delayed: She hopes to be here some day
Driving down Fairfield, Leya Bobbitt passes Detroit Mercy every morning on her way to work. Growing up right off Puritan, Bobbitt remembers walking to Detroit Mercy every year for Safety Street when she was a kid. Even as a youngster, Bobbitt knew Detroit Mercy was in her future. But almost […]
Law clinic helps with immigration issues beyond Trump order
A Sudanese woman who was a victim of human trafficking is sitting in jail right now. Her daughter is 8 years old. The last time she saw her, she was 3. Another woman, a Haitian, is a permanent U.S. resident. But her husband remains in Haiti, and she must petition […]
After 31 years, research librarian is retiring
After more than 31 years as a research librarian working on the first floor of the McNichols campus library, Sue Homant has retired. On her last day, she still placed the students’ chairs back under the tables. In a daze, she paused to recall all the changes that have occurred […]
Order unsettles Muslim students
Muslim students attending a unity vigil at Detroit Mercy last week expressed disappointment over President Trump’s executive order barring refugees and suspending travel from seven mostly Muslim countries. Chemistry major Zeinab Bazzi, a junior, said that even though her homeland is not on the list she is afraid to travel […]
‘It is going to get worse,’ refugee activist says
The refugee situation in America – and Detroit – is going to get worse, Catholic Sister Nina Rodriquez told a Detroit Mercy audience at a “Refugees Among Us” panel discussion hosted last week by CLASA, the Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive. “Brother and sisters, we just want you to know […]
Audi’s ‘Daughter’ ad speaks to dreams, equality
Super Bowl LI’s commercials generally disappointed. However, these ones stuck out to me: n “Daughter” by Audi: Of course, “Daughter” spoke to me as an almost-graduate. The ad shows a young girl in what appears to be a derby race with her father narrating the competition, speaking about how difficult […]
