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Letter from the Editor

Dear DU Community,    I am certain that the sudden drop in temperature on the 21st caught everyone by surprise. Nevertheless, your resilience and curiosity to learn made the Caritas Veritas Day the crowning moment of September. Whether you joined […]

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Fair Encourages Student Involvement

Azhley Rodriguez Staff Writer Student Life hosted the Involvement Fair in the social hall this year making it one of the events back in person after the pandemic cut on campus activities last year.    The Involvement Fair is a yearly event hosted […]

Art Reviews

Overview of the MET Gala

Caleigh Monahan Contributing Writer The two-part theme was “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” on Sept. 13 and the second part on May 5, 2022, will be called “In America: An Anthology of Fashion.” Curator […]

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College Theater Programs Struggle to Keep Shows Alive

Sam Cole Staff writer Empty theaters seem to be a recurring theme the past couple of years, especially on college campuses.  According to New York University, the pandemic lockdown was the longest theatre shutdown in […]

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Women in Business Club Initiating Early October

Daniela Tovar-Miranda Staff Writer WIB is a brand-new club developed by President Kiara Valenzuela and Vice President Lesly Salguero to offer a variety of workshops and group activities to help members learn about networking, basic […]

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Dominican Stars Homecoming Soccer Games a Resounding Success

Chelsea Zhao and Daniela Tovar-Miranda Staff writers On Sept. 18, Dominican Stars Women’s and Men’s Soccer teams took on Lakeland University at West Campus Field for the homecoming game.    The Women’s Soccer match started at […]

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DU Shoots for Full Vaccination

Chelsea Zhao Staff Writer As of Friday, Sept. 25, 99% of students and 96% of FT employees have been vaccinated, a rate that far exceeds the Cook County vaccination rate of 60.3%.    The cumulative positive […]

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Ana Castillo Revisits DU Campus

Jovana Rodriguez Contributing Writer Internationally acclaimed creative writer, scholar, editor, translator and former 2014 Lund-Gill Chair Ana Castillo revisited Dominican to hold her first reading on her new book of poems, “My Book of the Dead.”  It has been 7 years […]

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Dominican Hosts Civic Learning & Career Fair

Rachel Huser  Staff Writer    Nearly a hundred Dominican students attended the Civic Learning and Career Fair last week, interacting with representatives from 23 organizations, including a few of Dominican’s departments.  Students wandered between tables […]

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Letter from the Editor

 Dear students, staff and faculty,  Welcome back to campus for the fall semester! Whether it is seeing familiar faces at the recent DU Fest, the lively social gatherings at Una Tarde En la Plaza or […]

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Glena Temple is Dominican’s 11th President

By Azhley Rodriguez Dominican University has a new President following Donna Carroll’s retirement earlier this year. Glena Temple came to Dominican from Viterbo University in Wisconsin, where she served as the president of the university since 2017.      Glena Temple began her Presidency at Dominican on August 2. In a conference room […]

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DU Cements Vaccination, Mask Requirements for Fall

By Chelsea Zhao Dominican University elevates safety protocols and mask rules for the DU community.   “The following plan represents our best attempt, at the current time, of responding to the pandemic in ways that promote the success of our […]

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University Ministry: Serving During a Pandemic

By Matthew Desmond The pandemic led University Ministry at Dominican to rethink on how to best fulfill its mission to support community, service, study, and prayer.   In March 2020, Dominican students took classes through Zoom and events that would normally […]