In my family, my dad is known for his expertise in planning trips. For each of our vacations, he researched and planned every detail in advance, from the bingo cards he created to keep my brother and...

Karissma Barrera, 19, waited in line with her younger cousin. Without hesitation, as the waiter approached to receive her order, Barrera asked for a chocolate mandyada, a chocolate milkshake made with...

In the back of a quaint theater, Siiri Scott sat silent, watching a play unfold as an audience sat and judged her work. “It’s liberating,” Scott said. “Last night was the first night I got...

Have you ever heard a song that is so irresistibly fun that it’s impossible not to dance to — until you realize it’s about drugs, death, divorce or something else of a depressing nature? It’s...

Arts & Life Editor Erin Yarnall talks with Print Managing Editor Megan Deppen and Focus Editor Zoe Krey about Steppenwolf Theatre's "1984," under-the-radar Netflix picks and sandwiches. 

“Making the Novel Novel,” a lecture series in the works since last spring, started its year on Oct. 21 with an investigation into “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha” by Miguel de...

Flower crowns, quirky glasses and Elvis Costello t-shirts. A little girl, about four years old, sporting a leather jacket. Everyone clutching their new "Rookie Yearbook" as if it’s the Bible. This was...

Grab your custom-made cape pajamas, packing peanut s’mores and your souls because it’s time for a Kappa slumber party. This week’s “Scream Queens” episode, “Seven Minutes in Hell,” locked...

Finding comfort in a new place is something that second year DePaul Theatre School student Erin Kraft understands well. The MFA directing student cut her teeth working on contemporary productions in...

This challenge is really getting to me. I can’t go places without thinking someone is out to get me, I can’t be outside at night without running into my house/school/car because I’m scared but mostly,...

One of the most creative and best executed films I have seen throughout this challenge, “Afflicted” was like a breath of fresh air in a never-ending challenge that is bringing down my spirits every...