Introducing the Varsity News Collection
The University of Detroit Mercy Libraries / Instructional Design Studio are pleased to announce the Varsity News Collection. Spanning the student-run newspaper’s full 95 year history, this...
View ArticleNews History
In 1918, while the country was focused on the misery of WWI and the devastation of the Spanish influenza epidemic (said to be the worst in U.S. history) there was a desperate need for a reliable...
View ArticleTamarack
A Tamarack is a type of pine tree with reddish-brown bark and blue-green needles. It’s also the name of a series of publications from the University of Detroit that appeared between 1890 and 1923....
View Article95 Years Ago
Close to ninety five years ago on January 1, 1918, the first Varsity News newspaper was published. This first headline read, “Varsity News Begins Career” and offered its readers enthusiastic reports...
View ArticleTamarack Collection Overview
This first publication of the Tamarack came after 20 years of discussion about whether or not to start a college newspaper, or so the editor tells his readers in his “Salutatory” introduction (shown...
View ArticleThe Library
These days the library has become more of a center for learning, sharing, and community than a warehouse of books. In its early days, however, students and faculty who used the University of Detroit...
View ArticleThe Varsity News
January 1, 1918, the first publication of the Varsity News appeared on the campus of Detroit College. From the first issue to today (for almost 100 years), the Varsity News has been a very important...
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