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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

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“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” revamps the genre of biopics

“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” revamps the genre of biopics

Jacob Costello, Chief Film and TV Critic / November 13, 2022

Twelve years ago the sketch comedy website Funny or Die posted a fake trailer for a Weird Al biopic. Starring Aaron Paul of “Breaking Bad” as Yankovic, the trailer parodied the familiarly formulaic...

Beating the winter blues in Chicago

Beating the winter blues in Chicago

Michael Boland, Contributing Writer / November 13, 2022

Chicago is often known for its unpredictable and treacherous winter seasons, but students in the city have found plenty of ways to keep themselves entertained without locking themselves inside for movies...

When is the right time to listen to Christmas music?

When is the right time to listen to Christmas music?

Kiersten Riedford, News Editor / November 13, 2022

It is once again the time of year for the age-old debate of when the appropriate time to begin playing Christmas music is. For students like junior Natalie Trinidad, the right time to listen to Christmas...

Park Hae-il (left) and Go Kyung-Pyo (right) star in Park Chan-wook latest mystery.

“Decision to Leave’s” old and new obsessions

Ethan Mattheus, Contributing Writer / November 13, 2022

Park Chan-wook is always looking to raise the stakes. Whether it is intricate themes of Freudian desire, outmoded filmmaking techniques or convoluted plotting, his films are always infused with some nuance...

A student brandishes a greeting card from the Loop's latest Holiday themed event.

Holiday Cookie Stroll sweetens Loop campus involvement

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief / November 13, 2022

As the holiday season begins ramping up before finals week, events at Lincoln Park like the Ugly Sweater Party and the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony are not the only ways for students to get their fill...

DeJamz – November exhaustion

Lilly Keller, Editor in Chief / November 13, 2022

As the temperature begins to slip and shades of gray perpetually swallow the sun, I, like many others, am starting to feel the full weight of fall quarter on my shoulders. Perhaps it is the ungodly amount...

Whitney Counts and Jared Rogers alongside their mini schnauzer Nora won the costume contest with their group costume based on the phrase "it's raining cats and dogs".

Cutest Pup-kin in the Patch

Ruchi Nawathe, Nation & World Editor / November 6, 2022

Humans and dogs alike dressed to the nines in a variety of Halloween costumes on Saturday, Oct. 29. From cartoon characters to farm animals to tacos, dogs of all ages and sizes were welcome to attend the...

Rocio Olea (left) and Maria Guadalupe Olea (right) stand in front of Panaderia Nuevo Leon in Pilsen selling cempasúchil flowers.

The Cempasúchil flowers unite Chicagoans with their deceased loved ones

Stephania Rodriguez / November 6, 2022

Living in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, Ubertino Soto rented land to build a farm and harvest cempasúchil flowers to sell to a company as animal feed. For three months, Soto harvested cempasúchil...

“The Car”: A melancholy ballad of moving on

“The Car”: A melancholy ballad of moving on

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief / November 6, 2022

Arctic Monkeys’ newest album “The Car,” released on Oct. 21, is a 10-track avant-garde narrative through the glitz and glamor of 1970s aesthetics. That is to say, it is definitely not for everyone....

Advice for your early 20’s

Advice for your early 20’s

November 6, 2022

Take this advice with a grain of salt, I’m still in my early 20’s and have much to learn. I wanted to write about some advice I wish I knew when I first turned 18 and moved to Chicago alone so everyone...

DeJamz – 11/7 – Let’s get psychedelic, man

Una Cleary and Ruchi Nawathe / November 6, 2022

As DePaul students, many of us are trying to escape from our current realities. Music is a trusted medium to break free from these everyday truths. The psychedelic genre has tested the trials of time as...

Cate Blanchett rises to the occasion in 'Tár'

Cate Blanchett rises to the occasion in ‘Tár’

Jacob Costello, Chief TV and Film Critic / November 6, 2022

Writer and director Todd Field has not directed a film in 16 years. This is not due to lack of trying. Field has tried to produce multiple projects in this span but none came to fruition. “Tár” marks...

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