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New center for undocumented students offers opportunity, but at what cost?

Dirce Toca, Assistant News Editor • May 29, 2017

The creation of a center dedicated to undocumented students at DePaul is just getting underway for the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. The university has already successfully created a center to serve...

No passing craze: RompHim here to stay

Daniel Reyes • May 21, 2017

A “new” type of clothing has become an internet sensation overnight. Although it is not a newly released YEEZUS brand clothing, or a release of an overly expensive Urban Outfitter attire, “male...

New DePaul centers will be inclusive for students of color

Jocelyn Martinez-Rosales • May 21, 2017

On May 11, DePaul’s President’s Office sent the student body an email announcing the creation of a new center for African-American students. They also stated that centers catered to the LatinX and...

Removal of confederate statues depicts a changing America

Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor • May 21, 2017

Throughout the southern United States, confederate statues are being ripped from the ground and removed piece-by-piece. Statues of confederate war generals such as Robert E. Lee in Virginia and P.G.T Beauregard...

UVA referendum passed, DePaul Socialists demand more

DePaul Socialists • May 15, 2017

The SGA referendum proposed by the Undocumented Vincentians and Allies (UVA) to create a scholarship fund for undocumented students to attend DePaul University has passed. According to Maria Teresa Kumar,...

Changing the narrative on Chicago’s violence is crucial

Amber Colón, Editor-in-Chief • May 15, 2017

When people say that DePaul University students live in the Lincoln Park bubble, closed off and away from communities and people that are unlike their own, they typically aren't wrong. Some of the students...

DePaul needs to break from the status quo on diversity

Valerie C Johnson • May 15, 2017

African American students at predominantly white colleges and universities (PWCUs) have begun to replicate the tactics and demands of the African American student-led protests of the 1960s. African American...

Airborne Ubers are too far fetched for reality

Nicole Ross • May 7, 2017

Two weeks ago, Uber hosted a three-day conference in Dallas surrounding its electronic vertical take-off and landing operations (eVTOL) —a.k.a. “flying cars.” The mission is part of Uber’s new...

The future of women’s healthcare in America is troubling

Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor • May 7, 2017

Finally being able to complete one of his many campaign promises, President Trump and his administration are rejoicing after his American Health Care Act (AHCA), or Trumpcare, was passed by the House of...

Female digital assistants represent gender stereotypes

Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor • April 30, 2017

It is a common feature for users to ask their digital assistants to complete tasks for them. A question about the weather, ask Siri. Need a cup of coffee, ask Alexa. Need directions, ask the GPS. These...

Political action does not stop when the rally is over

Cody Corrall, Multimedia Editor • April 30, 2017

This year has been defined by protests. Many have taken the form of social media activism, while more and more young people are getting involved in the grass roots style of the physical political protest. Demonstrations...

Boy, bye: Fox fires Bill O’Reilly a little too late

Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor • April 23, 2017

After his two-decade long relationship with Fox, well known conservative T.V. host Bill O’ Reilly, along with his network show “The O’Reilly Factor,” were terminated from the air. It took five...