Campus Events

Domestic Violence Awareness Month at DU

Ally Fahner Contributing Writer Dominican is hosting campus-wide events and initiatives this month, in addition to putting up posters and flyers, to spread awareness of domestic violence. Much of the work stems from a federal […]

Campus News

Midterm Elections and How to Get Registered to Vote

Taylor Robert Contributing Writer Midterm elections are approaching on Nov. 8 and Dominican University has been trying to get students motivated to participate, but many students are still unaware that the elections are occurring. Issues […]

Opinion Pieces

El Nuevo Año Escolar

Matthew Desmond ¡Bienvenidos de nuevo, estudiantes! Espero que todos ustedes tuvieran un buen verano y tengan muchas ganas de empezar el año escolar de 22-23. No hay duda de que todos nosotros sentimos algo especial […]

Opinion Pieces

The New School Year

Matthew Desmond  Pursuing Happiness  Welcome back, Stars! I hope all of you had a great summer and are looking forward to the 2022-2023 school year. There’s no doubt that all of us are feeling something. […]

Campus News

Black Professor Assaulted While Leading Diversity Workshop

Azhley Rodriguez   Editor-in-Chief   A longtime adjunct professor was fired after an assault on African American professor during an August faculty workshop on diversity.   On Aug. 16, the professor was leading a workshop […]

Campus News

DU Welcomes its Largest Freshman Class In History

Arleth Arana  Staff Writer   To kick off the new school year, this semester Dominican officially welcomed the largest freshman class in history consisting of more than 600 students.   While the official number won’t […]

Featured Articles

DU’s New Furry Star: Rosie Bea

Fernanda Arellano   Betsy Carreno   Staff Writers  DU’s newest Star, Rosie Bea, is now Dominican’s unofficial furry mascot.  Rosie, a 7-month-old precious lab mix, is eager and excited to get involved on campus. Consequently, […]

Alumni

President Temple Introduces New Welcome Center

Betsy Carreno  Contributing Writer  The Killips Welcome Center that was announced during President Glena Temple’s inauguration speech is soon to be completed by the beginning of 2023.   Before Temple’s inauguration earlier this year, she thought of the idea […]

Campus News

Fenwick Closes Sale and Agreement on Priory Campus

Azhley Rodriguez  Editor-in-Chief   Fenwick High School and Dominican University officially closed their sale and agreement on The Priory on May 19.   The Priory, Dominican’s additional campus down Division Street, was an asset to […]

Opinion Pieces

DU Freshman Spill the Beans

Bianca Dinkha   Staff Writer With classes kicking off on August 29th, there have naturally been a spew of emotions expressed among the freshmen class. Have your first two weeks been exciting and new, but […]

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor

Welcome back to campus, friends! My name is Azhley (it’s pronounced the same as Ashley but spelled with a “Z”) and I’m the editor-in-chief (EIC) for the Star this fall semester! I’m currently in my […]

Campus News

DU reacts to Racism Controversy at Concordia University Chicago

Litzi Duran  Contributing Writer  On April 15th, student protests erupted at Concordia University Chicago (CUC) after CUC administration banned a professor who stood up for students experiencing racism on campus  Paul Stapleton, an English professor […]

Opinion Pieces

Caritas Until the End and Veritas Forever

Daniela Tovar-Miranda Staff Writer When I first came to Dominican, I felt like graduation day was going to be so far into the future, something I was going to have to look forward to for […]

Campus Events

DU Star Men’s Volleyball Celebrates Season of Firsts

Daniela Tovar-Miranda   Staff Writer After an unforgettable, momentous season, the men’s volleyball team was defeated by Carthage College men’s volleyball team in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tournament, after defeating North Central College […]

Featured Articles

Women in Medicine: DU Grad Students Shadow Italian Doctors

Azhley Rodriguez Staff Writer Two Dominican graduate students on the pre-med track traveled to Italy to gain experience this past January.   Doctors in Italy provides English speaking people in Italy who need health care during […]