Month: September 2017

Dominican changed its printing system and upgraded classroom computers just before the beginning of classes. The switch has led to confusion and unhappiness among some students and faculty. “Many students believe that we changed over […]

Sister Mary Kremer, OP It’s the Little Things …. “Thank you.” “Thank you.” “Thank you.” I heard it repeatedly on Sunday afternoon at DU Fest in the Quad. I was passing out Community-Based Learning postcards […]

Crystal Medrano Co-Editor  MBA student Abdulrahman Bin Omran died in a water accident while on vacation in West Virginia on Aug.24. Abdulrahman Bin Omran was a graduate student in the Brennan School of Business with […]

Emily Marcus Staff writer The Wednesday Journal, a community newspaper from Oak Park River Forest is working in collaboration with Dominican University by bringing in public figures to speak on campus, David Axelrod, a long […]

Roberto Alonso Staff writer  It might be the same premise as the Ocean trilogy, but it’s the hillbilly remake, or as the movie itself refers to itself, “Ocean’s 7/11”. Logan Lucky is directed by Steven […]

Tim Kalkirtz sports writer  The Dominican Stars Men’s Soccer team opened their regular season with a win at home against the Principia Panthers on Friday, Sept. 1. Sophomore Nico Vitale from Sheboygan, WI, scored 3 […]

Crystal Medrano Co-Editor  Some would say that biking 4,500 miles across the country right after finishing cancer treatment is impossible. Not Cristal Ortega. Cristal Ortega, Class of 2017 and now a graduate student in the […]

  Joseline Cano Co-Editor-in- Chief canojose@my.dom.edu A month shy of her 10th birthday, Blanca Rendon and her family settled in Chicago after crossing the Mexican-American border unlawfully. They were fleeing a life of poverty, where […]

Myhka McKinney contributing writer With school starting back up again, it feels like summer is quickly fading behind us. The days are getting chillier and the leaves are starting to change color. With that being […]

  Ken Muñoz Staff writer As a group of anxious freshmen gathered in the Parmer Atrium on Friday, Sept. 8th, student workers from the Student Involvement Resource Center prepared to lead some of DU’s emerging […]

Joseline Cano Co- Editor- in-Chief canojose@my.dom.edu Esmeralda Montesinos was 2 years old when she and her mother were abandoned in a desert in Sonora, Mexico. Her dad, who was waiting for them in Arizona, had […]

Joseline Cano Co-Editor-in-Chief Dominican students and leaders have been mobilizing to protect students who had been protected by DACA from deportations. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy allowed 800,000 individuals across the country to work […]

Erik Grosskopf contributing writer Art and athleticism are two things that are traditionally pitted against each other in popular culture. There’s always a star football player picking on the introverted, creative type. However, with the […]