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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Pritzker Park refuge for crime and homelessness

Pritzker Park refuge for crime and homelessness

For Izamarie Montiel, a DePaul junior, the oddly-shaped park across the street from DePaul’s Loop campus is a place to avoid. “I always get off at the Harold Washington Library stop in the mornings...

Anti-semitic crime rises

Anti-semitic crime rises

Taylor Ashmore February 13, 2017

Stuart Wright, a 31-year-old Chicago was charged with a hate crime and is being held on a $150,000 bail for drawing swastikas on a synagogue in the Loop Feb. 4. According to  DNAinfo, Chicago police said...

Englewood Whole Foods brings produce, jobs for area residents

Englewood Whole Foods brings produce, jobs for area residents

When Vanessa Haslerig, an Auburn Gresham resident, heard of the city’s plan to build a Whole Foods in Englewood, her initial reaction was one of disbelief. Now, it has become a place that she loves to...

Chicago businessman Chris Kennedy, poses for a portrait in his office Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in Chicago. Kennedy, the son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., says he will run for Illinois governor in 2018. His bid brings the instant name recognition of his familys political legacy to what will likely be a sharply contested race to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Son of Robert F. Kennedy joins Illinois governor’s race

Brenden Moore February 12, 2017

Putting to bed months of speculation, Democratic businessman Chris Kennedy, the son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, announced last week his candidacy for governor of Illinois. Kennedy enters what’s...

Arabic club celebrates unity at annual Cultural Night

Arabic club celebrates unity at annual Cultural Night

Danielle Church February 12, 2017

A group of men form a line, hold hands and kick their feet up and down to perform the traditional Arabic “Dabke” folk dance. The “Lawweeh,” or the most skilled dancer of the al Salaam Dabke group,...

Wintrust to take over campus banking

Wintrust to take over campus banking

The DePaulia has learned Wintrust Financial will be replacing PNC as DePaul University’s official bank, a deal forged side-by-side with Wintrust’s purchase of the naming rights for DePaul’s new basketball...

DePaul Dax program in process of securing home for students in need

DePaul Dax program in process of securing home for students in need

Jessica Villagomez February 6, 2017

The DePaul Dax Host-Home program, a temporary housing program that houses and counsels DePaul University students suffering from housing insecurity, is looking to purchase a two-flat home to house up to...

Crime rises in Loop Campus

Crime rises in Loop Campus

Mariah Woelfel February 6, 2017

On Upper Wacker Drive in Chicago’s Loop, there is only one hotel east of the 300 block, listed at $127 a night. I know this because I looked it up after seeing “3XX E Wacker” as a recurring address...

DePaul academia sign petition against immigration ban

DePaul academia sign petition against immigration ban

Darrah Perryman February 6, 2017

Thousands from the academia community signed a petition against President Donald Trump’s executive order, barring immigrants from seven predominately Muslim countries from entering the country for 90...

Uber continues service during airport taxi strike for Muslim ban, users respond with boycott

Uber continues service during airport taxi strike for Muslim ban, users respond with boycott

Ryan Wintry February 5, 2017

After a week of tumult, Uber C.E.O. Travis Kalanick announced his decision to leave President Donald Trump’s advisory council on Thursday. The news comes after many on Twitter used the hashtag #BoycottUber...

Students criticize pricing, quality of mandatory meal plans

Students criticize pricing, quality of mandatory meal plans

Rachel Hinton February 5, 2017

Last year, when Alexis Kleefisch was a freshman still figuring out the ins-and-outs of college life, there was one thing she learned quickly. School dining, specifically at the Student Center, was costing...

American carnage vs. hope and change in Washington, D.C. last week

American carnage vs. hope and change in Washington, D.C. last week

Brenden Moore January 30, 2017

In a sense, the events of Washington D.C. are one continuous house party. With an open invitation, folks from across the country and around the world arrive, stay awhile — perhaps even indulge...

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