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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 […]

Litzi Duran   Contributing Writer From growing up in Rochester, New York to an officiating career in the NFL, Maia Chaka has defied all boundaries by having “royalty in her DNA.”  Chaka visited Dominican for […]

Azhley Rodriguez  Staff Writer  Director of Public Information Jessica Mackinnon retires after almost two decades at Dominican.   Mom, journalist, traveler and die-hard Bears fan, Mackinnon has had an extraordinary career full of sleepless nights and busy workdays […]

Elizabeth Nguyen   Contributing Writer While the pandemic saw most of us binging Netflix shows, Professor Melissa Carr sat restless. Her natural inclination to “go, go, go” had been summarily stopped, trapping her home with nothing to occupy […]

By: Matthew Desmond  Dr. Mark Carbonara, the Director of Advising and First Year Experience, says his time as a Dominican undergraduate made DU a natural choice for him to pursue his career in college administration. […]

By Azhley Rodriguez Staff Writer Lund-Gil Chair and visiting professor Luis Argueta gave Dominican students and the community a screening of his film, “abUSed: The Postville Raid,” followed by a Q&A Thursday night.   About 10 people gathered […]

By Matthew Desmond   Contributing Writer  In response to the 2020 protests following the deaths of several young black people; the attention to African American studies and African American literature has taken on new urgency. Visiting […]

By Rachel Huser Staff Writer Two Dominican students attended the all-inclusive National Student Conference on Hispanic Politics in Miami, FL from Oct. 8-9.   Hilda Alvarez-Rodriguez and Maria Dominguez spent a busy weekend full of panels […]

By Chelsea Zhao   Staff Writer   Goedert Center at Priory Campus on Oct. 9th remembers the legacy of Never Mosby lost to gun violence in Chicago.   Never Mosby, the 52-year-old assistant teacher at the Goedert Center […]

Emily Ford Contributing Writer Opening the door slowly with open arms, Luis Argueta opened the door to his office with a welcoming wave to “come on in.” As he sat down and wrapped up an […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sam Cole Staff Writer In Power 027, just outside the gym at Dominican University, sits an athletic training room where many athletes go to treat their aches and pains. This room is overseen by the […]