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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

Arts/Life

‘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...

‘Presence’ review: You can only watch

‘Presence’ review: You can only watch

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

CW: This piece briefly discusses sexual harassment and assault.   A few weeks ago, I was sexually harassed for the first time. I boarded a Red Line train midday on a Tuesday. Shortly after I...

This round's on me DeJamz

This round’s on me DeJamz

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor / February 3, 2025

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, my second annual birthday DeJamz (cue the applause). As I write this, I look over at my DeJamz from last year hanging on my wall, and naturally I’m filled...

Shoshana Bass pilots a hedgehog puppet while Ben Hemmendinger plays the accordion at the Marshall Field Garden Apartments on Jan. 17, 2025. Their show, "The Amazing Story Machine," tours around the city as part of the Chicago International Puppet Festival.

Chicago Puppet Fest ‘pulls strings’ to bring shows to local communities

Aleksa Kirkus, Contributing Writer / January 27, 2025

Dozens of children flooded in front of the puppet show set, waiting restlessly for the lights to go down. Their excitement for a puppet show may seem like a thing of the past, but the organizers say the...

Staying warm DeJamz

Staying warm DeJamz

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor / January 27, 2025

Did you know that estrogen literally makes your body colder? It’s true: the body dissipates heat faster and slows blood flow to the hands, making phalanges freeze up faster than they used to. Having...

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