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Wellness Center Pauses Free PCR Testing

Robert Taylor  Contributing Writer  Dominican University has stopped free PCR COVID-19 testing for students at the wellness center. The university still encourages students to use the COVID tracker to report all positive cases.  At the […]

Campus News

DU Community Continues COVID Caution

Ally Fahner  Contributing Writer   It’s important that people still take caution to maintain their well-being, despite COVID rates drastically decreasing since March 2020.   Therefore, although the COVID-19 has receded, it’s vital for people to understand […]

Art Reviews

Tackling Trauma Through Poetry

Chelsea Zhao  Staff Writer E. Nina Jay is a Chicago-based writer who uses poetry to bring awareness to violence against women and girls. From her identity as a Black lesbian and a survivor of incest […]

Campus News

Wellness Center Acts on Students’ Mental Health

Katy Agans   Contributing Writer Dominican’s Wellness Center is trying a new approach to mental health, through improvisational acting therapy for students.  Counselor Joyce Mojica runs the improv therapy.  Mojica originally got the idea to start […]

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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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First Dose of Moderna Vaccine Offered at Priory

By Chelsea Zhao Dominican University partners with Loop Medical Center for a Moderna vaccination opportunity to DU community.  The vaccination is for students, faculty and staff over 16 years old. The site with 150 appointments […]

Student Health

COVID-19 and Mental Health

By Sarah Butkovich  Most people associate COVID-19 with physical aspects like masks and symptoms, but having a healthy mental state is just as important to one’s well-being. This is why Dominican University is going the […]

Student Health

Mental Health During Covid-19 

By:  Jennifer Lillie  The covid-19 pandemic has produced unplanned stress in our everyday lives, and it’s undeniable that its affects have reached our campus, already. A total of 31 cases have been reported at Dominican, […]

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Colleges are Up in Smoke

By Guillermo Pizano-Nunez As the vaping craze takes over college campuses everywhere, the issue of bootleg THC cartridges has become a threat that universities do not know how to deal with. According to the Center […]