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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia
The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia
The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

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Chicago removes ShotSpotter as the clock strikes midnight

Chicago removes ShotSpotter as the clock strikes midnight

LiLi Jarvenpa, Interim Content Managing Editor • September 30, 2024

Chicago ended its multi-year contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection technology provider, on Monday, Sept. 23, pulling the plug on the service after midnight on Sept. 22.  The Chicago City Council...

Community members watch a presentation at the Explore ChiVes event in DePaul’s new Spark Center on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Curran hopes events like these will spread the word and enable community organizing. The center can fit over 50 people.

SPARK Center debuts with environmental data-driven neighborhood project

Jeremy Battle, Asst. Photo Editor • September 30, 2024

Featuring a massive LED display wall and two mounted touch screens on each side of the room, DePaul’s brand-new SPARK Center opened its doors to its first-ever event, Explore ChiVes, on Sept. 17. Dozens...

A father takes a photo of his daughter who poses with two American flags during the last day of the Democratic National Convention, on Aug. 22, 2024.

The power of likes: How influencers are #shaping campaign rhetoric

Lina Gebhardt, Multimedia Editor • August 27, 2024

In today’s social media landscape, influencers often get a bad rap. The Democratic National Convention hoped to prove otherwise. From day one of the 2024 planning process to the rollout of the blue...

Dozens gather in Chicago City Hall in support for a cease-fire in Gaza on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Chicago is the biggest city to pass a resolution for a cease-fire.

Chicago City Council passes resolution for cease-fire in Gaza: 23-23 vote

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief • February 4, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson casting the tie-breaking vote in the symbolic decision.
An elderly man warms his hands by the fire he created across the street from a homeless encampment under a major interstate freeway Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Chicago. Millions of Americans face below-zero temperatures as storms bring a blast of Arctic air, snow and ice.

Below-zero temperatures raise concern for Chicago’s unhoused

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief • January 21, 2024
Chicago endured a cold spell last week, bringing snow and below-freezing temperatures dipping into the negatives with extreme windchill.
Metropolitan Correctional Center in the Loop. The SAFE-T Act went into effect Sept. 18 to help decrease the jail population in Illinois.

Illinois becomes first state to eliminate cash bail; rural counties face implementation challenges

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor • October 1, 2023

Illinois has become the first state to abolish cash bail, a move that some legal experts say will have very different ramifications in rural areas than in Chicago.  The Pretrial Fairness Act became...

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