Featured Articles

Students Walkout in Solidarity for Undocumented Immigrants

By Sofia Alessandrini   On March 14, students walked out of classes and meetings in support of undocumented immigrant rights.  The event was coordinated by Community Actions Network (CAN), a student-led activism group at Dominican.   Approximately […]

Campus News

Students Launch Menstrual Project Against Period Poverty

By Itzel Chavero   What seemed to start as a final class project has now turned into the welcoming of brand-new menstrual product machines across campus bathrooms.  Lack of access to menstrual hygiene products, also known as period […]

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Dominican Students Receive Research Funding From NASA

By Fiona Rowlands   A team of Dominican students have received funding from NASA to design self-sufficient lunar sensors.   This team is led by Julio Rodriguez, a junior majoring in computer science, and Pablo Cesar Bedolla […]

interview

Coach Douglas Burchett Sits Down Ahead of Benedictine Game

By Angel Dominguez  On March 12, Dominican hosted Benedictine University in a crucial NACC conference game.  Before the game kicked off, the Star sat down with Coach Douglas Burchett to discuss the men’s volleyball season […]

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Are Resident Students Staying or Leaving Campus for Break?

By Katy Coakley  After working hard for the past few months, many students were excited to leave campus for spring break, but some resident students like senior Zachary Gamster spent their vacation at Dominican.  According […]

Opinion Pieces

How Imposter Syndrome Affects Students’ Mental Health

By Betsy Carreno   Imposter syndrome is defined as the feeling of not deserving an award, position, recognition, or success in a certain part of your life.  This emotion frequently involves self-doubt even if others talk […]

interview

Army Veteran Returns to Dominican to Finish Degree

By Fernanda Arellano   After 26 years, James Comoda, a retired United States Army Veteran, returned to Dominican last fall to complete his degree.    Comoda was born in 1979 in Frankfurt, Germany and later moved to […]

Podcast

Be my Valentine

As always, we’re excited to share yet another Star podcast episode.  For this episode, we’ll be talking about Valentine’s Day, things to do, things to buy, and how to rethink the romantic aspect of Valentine’s […]

Opinion Pieces

Deep Brain Stimulation May Treat Alcohol Addiction

By Fiona Rowlands   Alcohol abuse and addiction is very prevalent in America with 10% of people over the age of 12 having alcohol use disorders. This means an inability to stop drinking alcohol even in […]

Campus News

Inflation at Dominican: A Circular Economic Problem

By Jacob Garza   You might have been asking yourself: “Why are groceries, gas, and tuition so expensive?” Well, inflation is the answer to those lingering questions.   Inflation has affected prices everywhere, but Dominican is no […]

Campus News

IT Becomes Optimistic of Dominican’s Wi-Fi Revamp

By Angel Dominguez   Throughout the month of January, Dominican’s Information Technology (IT) department brought in engineers from Sentinel Technologies to perform a campuswide Wi-Fi network assessment.  During class sessions, these assessments were held to give […]

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Learning about the History of Valentine’s Day 

By Nicholas Tamas-Orlandea  The origins of Valentine’s Day go all the way back to a holiday celebrated by the Romans called Lupercalia.  Around mid-February, the festival celebrated the arrival of spring, but Pope Gelasius I […]