Past, present and future of pop at Pitchfork Music Festival
Mackenzie Murtaugh, News Editor
July 15, 2019
This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival marks its 14th year at Union Park, where alternative, jazz, R&B, experimental and pop music styles have collided for hot, sticky and exciting weekends. Many acts will grace the stages in the Near West Side this weekend, but three of them stick out as perfect...
DePaul FEST 2019 Recap
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
May 25, 2019
Last year I dove into the center of FEST to try to convey an authentic experience of what the pit has in store for students. Spoiler: it was exactly as you’d expect. To switch things up this year I adopted the position of a stone-cold sober fly on the wall. Well, more like a person standing next to...
The Year of the Pig
Luc Fougere, Contributing Writer
February 13, 2019
A sniffily oink oink to commemorate the Lunar New Year as Chicago’s Chinatown hosts its annual Chinese New Year Day parade on Sunday. Snow began to fall as the celebrations kicked off for the Year of the Pig, creating for a chilly but picturesque parade. According to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, 201...
Panel on incarcerated labor reveals harsh truths in America
Richie Requena, Contributing Writer
February 4, 2019
In a discussion held by the Department of African and Black Diaspora Studies and the DePaul University Labor Education, community leaders, professors, and students discussed how the criminal justice system exploits the labor of imprisoned black men in a manner similar to Jim Crow. Nearly 50 people at...
Femifest gears up for fifth anniversary
Cailey Gleeson, Staff Writer
January 22, 2019
Nestled in a quaint, unassuming Ravenswood apartment, Zoey Wagner, Elma Husetovic and Archie Budzar work tirelessly in preparation for their latest celebration of queer and femme liberation in music and arts, known as Femifest. Based in Des Moines, Iowa, Femifest began in 2015 as a benefit for the yo...
Bianca Cseke, Online Editor
August 8, 2019 • No Comments
A man who may be connected to the stabbing of a recent DePaul graduate near the Lincoln Park campus last...
Police: 7 injured in overnight shooting at Chicago park
August 4, 2019
Chicago police say seven people have been injured in an early morning shooting...
DePaul community ‘on heightened alert’ after recent crimes in Lincoln Park
August 2, 2019
The July 18 attack on a recent DePaul graduate near the Lincoln Park campus...
Chicago police release video of man wanted for questioning in attack on DePaul student
July 24, 2019
Chicago police are looking for a man who may have been involved in the July...