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Katy Agans   Contributing writer   At the start of the semester there was an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases across the U.S. Because of this, Dominican is continuing to take precautions to […]

By Chelsea Zhao   Staff Writer   DU approved a funding of up to $1.5 million to stimulate fall ’23 and ’24 enrollment.   According to an email from President Glena Temple sent to faculty and staff, the […]

Litzi Duran Contributing Writer On Friday, Feb. 4, at 11:30 a.m., Black student organizations took over Social Hall to celebrate the beauty of Black History in an engaging and COVID safe way. For the first […]

Dear Dominican Star readers,   Thank you for your genuine support for the Star! We are more than honored to return this semester to serve our beloved community with reporting on all the happenings around campus. Even though […]

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 […]

Azhley Rodriguez  Staff Writer   Dominican University and Fenwick High School and have entered a sale and purchase agreement as of Friday, Dec 3.   President Glena Temple said the conversation to sell Priory campus has been an ongoing topic for the past few years, but it was the students’ desires for more […]

Nealy Martin-Thomas  Contributing Writer  The Dominican University Drag Show was held the night of Nov. 10 in the Social Hall.  Before it started there was loud music playing to hype up the audience while people […]

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 […]

Azhley Rodriguez Staff Writer   The women and men’s soccer teams fought hard in NCAA tournament games this weekend but were ultimately defeated.   The women’s team was defeated in the second round by Washington University 0-1 and the men […]

By Matthew Galdi   Contributing Writer   Long lines at the Cyber Café inspired two Dominican marketing students to propose an online ordering system for the busy café.  Students Viridiana Delgado and Ruth Rodriguez proposed setting up a […]

By Chelsea Zhao   Staff Writer   Mazzuchelli Honors program observed Dostoevsky’s birthday in the Noonan Reading Room on Nov. 11.   The Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky has adorned the dorm room desks of all honors students. His 1879 novel “The […]

By Axel Reyna  Contributing Writer  (Dominican University Student Nutrition and Dietetic Association)   The mushroom barley pilaf is a common vegetarian dish during a lot of holidays. Most seen paired up with duck, turkey, and game […]

Azhley Rodriguez  Staff Writer  The Staff Benevolence Committee hosted Dominican’s annual Fair Trade Fair in the Parmer Hall Atrium this Wednesday.  For the past ten years, Dominican has hosted the Fair Trade Fair to promote fair trade and improving the […]