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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Arts/Life

Beloved Paris fashion brand Y/Project shuts down

Beloved Paris fashion brand Y/Project shuts down

Jaime Villalpando, Contributing Writer February 17, 2025

Known for their playfully avant-garde designs and memorable collaborations, the high-fashion brand Y/Project has built a loyal following for more than a decade and found some mainstream success. However,...

‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ review: A hysterical, inspiring documentary about art and community in a chaotic online world

‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ review: A hysterical, inspiring documentary about art and community in a chaotic online world

Jake Panek, Film & TV Beat Writer February 17, 2025

Of every video game that I’ve sunk hundreds of hours into and pulled plenty of all-nighters on with friends over the years, few have as dear a place in my heart as Grand Theft Auto V. The second-bestselling...

Adrian Lyles interacts with fans while performing at Beat Kitchen on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Lyles is touring with pop trio almost monday through Feb. 22.

‘King of Everything’: Adrian Lyles at Beat Kitchen

Annie Koziel, Asst. Copy Editor February 10, 2025

Singer Adrian Lyles never expected to get where he is the way that he did. But right now, he says he couldn’t be happier. “It's been amazing,” Lyles said. “Oh my gosh; I've been having so much...

A very lovely DeJamz

A very lovely DeJamz

Lucia Preziosi and Nadine DeCero February 10, 2025

Music is a love language. It may have been one I have used too many times with too many people to the point where many of my favorite songs are tainted by some pretty traumatic and embarrassing memories....

‘Love Hurts’ review: Love stinks and so does this movie

‘Love Hurts’ review: Love stinks and so does this movie

Sam McCarthy, Contributing Writer February 10, 2025

Ouch. “Love Hurts,” indeed.  Hollywood loves a comeback, but few have felt as genuinely moving as Key Huy Quan’s triumphant return to screen. Decades after “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,”...

To be or not to be? Why people are challenging the ‘norms’ of Valentine’s Day

Aaliyah McFadden, Contributing Writer February 10, 2025

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. Maybe you’re looking for a new way to celebrate, a way  that doesn’t center around romance but instead making new connections at a Galentine's Day event. You...

Shiera Malik and Jacob Stump look lovingly at one another. The two DePaul professors have been married since 2015. Photo provided by Shiera Malik and Jacob Stump.

Scholarly Spouses: DePaul’s married professors on life, love and learning

Rose O’Keeffe, Content Managing Editor February 10, 2025

The old truism insists that opposites attract, but according to DePaul International Studies professors Shiera Malik and Jacob Stump, parallel interests and intersecting work lives can be just as much...

Po eats pasta as a treat in Chicago in March 2024. He is named after the main character in “Kung Fu
Panda” because of his love for food.

Happy Valentine’s Day from DePaul students and their pets!

Anna Barth, Contributing Writer February 10, 2025

This Valentine’s Day, we all want someone to come home to. The highs and lows of being a college student call for a companion, one whose love is unwavering, simple and free from the complications...

A theatre school student signs a banner hung in the lobby of the school commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Goodman School of Drama on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Notable alumni and supporters also signed the banner, including former DePaul President Dennis Holtschneider.

The Theatre School celebrates a century of drama at DePaul

Theresa Burchfield, Contributing Writer February 10, 2025

Dean Corrin, an associate dean at The Theatre School, has been teaching at the school for 32 years. “For a lot of us who have been here for a long time, in addition to the emotion and excitement of...

MessFest 2025: How DePaul students build Chicago comedy’s future

Anna Retzlaff February 9, 2025

MessFest is an annual DePaul student-led comedy festival hosted at The Annoyance Theatre & Bar from Jan. 15-18, 2025. Filmed mainly backstage, comedy arts students show The DePaulia how they build...

Cartoons, advertising and Trump — The film industry in 2024 and beyond

Cartoons, advertising and Trump — The film industry in 2024 and beyond

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor February 3, 2025

The cultural dearth of tact or dignity in the American film industry truly began to simmer in 1988 when President Ronald Reagan vetoed Bill H.R. 3966, known as the “Children’s Television Act.” This...

Viktoria Vizin’s Studio Opera Singers Take the Stage at DePaul’s School of Music

Viktoria Vizin’s Studio Opera Singers Take the Stage at DePaul’s School of Music

Lee Rivera-Reynolds, Contributing Writer February 3, 2025

At the Holtschneider Performance Center’s Allen Hall, acclaimed mezzo-soprano Viktoria Vizin’s first studio recital at the university ended with standing ovations as she and her students ended the...

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