Revved up: Here are three top picks from the 2019 Chicago Auto Show that will make you stop on a dime
Matthew Zaiff, Contributing Writer
February 11, 2019
The Sensible Choice DePaul students are used to navigating an urban campus. A new offering from Honda promises to be the perfect city companion. The 2019 Honda HR-V is the latest compact SUV offering in the market. With a starting price of $21,920 for the base trim all-wheel drive model, the HR-V is great for stude...
Brrrrroken records
Kevin Donahue, Contributing Writer
February 4, 2019
st time since 2015 that DePaul has closed the University due to extreme weather. Students had both Wednesday and Thursday off to enjoy as much Netflix as possible while trying to figure out which restaurants were still delivering food. nd coldest day in Chicago’s hist...
Cadets on campus
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
January 28, 2019
The sun rises over Chicago as over a hundred cadets in uniform stand at attention while the rest of the city sleeps. It’s 6:30 a.m. and the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) is getting ready to start tactical training in Oz Park. Early morning joggers and dog walkers move throughout the open fiel...
Made in America?
Matthew Zaiff, Contributing Writer
January 22, 2019
Americans spend the majority of their earnings on two main purchases: housing and transportation. Besides buying a home, the automobile you pick out will likely be the second largest financial decision you make. For DePaul students that are nearing graduation and entering the workforce, purchasing a ...
Time’s up: “Surviving R. Kelly” spurs sexual assault survivors to speak out
Julia Hale, Contributing Writer
January 14, 2019
The first two episodes of the six-part docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly” premiered on Lifetime on Jan. 3. The third and fourth episodes aired the next day, and the series came to a close on the 5th. If you were on Twitter at all during that period, you most likely saw something about R. Kelly, especially...
Winter break bucket list: 9 things to check off your Chicago holiday bucket list
Yamini Bangarusamy, Focus Editor
November 12, 2018
The holiday season offers a great respite from studies for DePaul students. The nearly six-week break is relaxing to many, but a lot of students struggle to find activities to occupy their time if they aren’t heading home for the holidays. The dilemma is worse for students who are spending their first w...
You be the judge: You don’t know who they are, you don’t know what they do, but you hire them
Benjamin Conboy, Editor-in-Chief
November 5, 2018
Filed under Focus
The focus in midterm elections is often on national trends, and congressional and state races. But way down the ballot are elect- ed officials who have a surprising amount of power, but who few voters actually vote for. If you are pulling a ballot in Lincoln Park, for example, there are 59 judges...
Think outside the gourd: students take a knife to pumpkin carving conventions
Mackenzie Born, Contributing Writer
October 22, 2018
Filed under Focus
Jai Dufton and Trey Rendon are adamant that Halloween is the best holiday of the year. Seated on Dufton’s living room floor, the pair is in the middle of marking up and carving out large orange pumpkins. But these aren’t your regular jack-o’-lanterns with leftover sharpie marks and triangle...
The yin and yang of Chicago’s rap royalty
Jack Breslin & Adam Webb, Contributing Writers
October 15, 2018
Kanye West (now to be known as “Ye”) once told the world after Hurricane Katrina on national television that Republican president George W. Bush didn’t care about black people. Fast forward 13 years, he’s hanging out with president Donald Trump in the oval office, showing him what kind of hydrogen...
Prompting political efficacy: DePaul is becoming a hotbed of political optimism
Yamini Bangarusamy, Focus Editor
October 8, 2018
Filed under Focus
At the forefront of the many values taught via the Vincentian school of thought is the belief that you can make a difference and any contribution, regardless of magnitude, has a ripple effect that will impact and empower the collective. This notion is applicable in virtually any field, but it holds ...
Death of the cashier: The AmazonGo store ushers in the era of cashierless stores
Yamini Bangarusamy, Focus Editor
October 1, 2018
Consumers in 2018 have a vastly different retail experience than consumers from a mere ten years ago. Affordable taxis arrive within seconds, packages are delivered to your doorstep in less than 48 hours and food from virtually any restaurant can be personally delivered into your hands. The latest in this ...
50 Years Young: Young Lord militants return to DePaul, peacefully this time
Xavier Ortega, Photo Editor
September 24, 2018
A Chicago-based group of former- gang-members-turned-political-activists marched back into DePaul University on Sept. 21 to speak out against inequality and oppression happening to Puerto Ricans and other people of color. This protest came nearly 50 years after their first mass occupance at DePaul in...
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