Year: 2014

By Sarah Tinoco A Dominican University MBA student has been charged with first degree intentional homicide, kidnapping and mayhem after allegedly attacking and killing his wife with a hatchet. Cristian Loga-Negru, 38 of Arlington Heights, […]

By Emily Lapinsky Republican Bruce Rauner can finally rest after one of the closest and costliest elections in the state of Illinois ended last week. In December Rauner, who won the election for Illinois governor […]

News Dominican students, staff give opinions on Ebola virus Former ELS student murdered Internal investigation launched on alleged sexual assault Gov. Pat Quinn announces a large donation to Dominican Features “Out-of-it-eating” – waking up at […]

By Emily Lapinski Dominican faculty and students gathered outside Lewis Hall this afternoon to hear Gov. Pat Quinn announce his $1,345,758 construction grant to the university. The grant will be used to fund the university’s […]

By Cory Lesniak River Forest police officers announced today that no criminal charges were filed against the person of interest in the alleged sexual assault of a female freshman resident. The victim and the person […]

By Cory Lesniak An 18-year-old female freshman reported being sexually assaulted on campus on Oct. 11. The River Forest Police department and university officials say they are investigating. The student reported the assault Saturday to […]

By Cruz Rodriguez ST. LOUIS – A handful of Dominican students traveled on Oct. 11 to march in a peaceful protest over recent events in Ferguson, Mo. The march began in Ferguson and ended in […]

By Melissa Rohman Theology professor Father Richard Woods has made many close friends in Iraq and is heartbroken with the violence and turmoil the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is causing in […]

By Emily Lapinski The construction of the bridge on North Ave. near Thatcher Rd. continues to inconvenience Dominican commuters. The roadwork, which started in June, closed down the north part of Thatcher Ave. and redirected […]

Greetings to all you hopeless romantics who still read newspapers! I’m Audrey, and thank you for visiting this section of the Dominican Star. By Audrey Roen I’ll start by sharing a story with you. Before […]

By Sara Scheler Christina Perez, Director of the Study of Women and Gender Program, gave up her sabbatical last spring to accept the interim Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) position. Perez said the main task of […]

By Sarah Tinoco Dominican University boasts an abundance of study abroad programs, which allows many students to immerse themselves in a foreign culture. This past summer, groups of Dominican students traveled to four countries on […]