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
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
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...
DePaul’s Timeline of Fame
Zoe Barnes, Focus Editor
September 17, 2018
Filed under Focus
Have you ever been sitting on the freshly mowed grass of the Quad, maybe you have been ordering a mediocre cup of coffee from The Bean while simultaneously running late for your 9:40 lecture in the SAC, and you wonder, what celebrities have passed through these hallowed halls on their way to stardom? With...
The Art of Not Irritating Others
Liliana Trifilio, Contributing Writer
September 10, 2018
Filed under Focus
Imagine you are a student racing to class. You are about to hop onto the Fullerton Red Line towards the Loop when crowds of people block your way, entering and exiting the train. You keep an eye on your phone clock as you wait for the next train to roll in. Hopefully this time you will be able to make i...
Food hall frenzy: Designer, fast and casual restaurants in one place
William Sullivan, Contributing Writer
May 29, 2018
Filed under Focus
Going to the mall as a child was always a treat. Walking into the stores, window shopping, maybe even being able to buy something were always things to look forward to. Then, when you got hungry, there was the mall food court, filled with Auntie Anne’s, Sbarro, Dairy Queen, enjoyed at simple t...
Laugh track: Women in comedy continue to triumph over adversity
Marissa de la Cerda, Contributing Writer
May 21, 2018
“Crude.” “Attention-seeking.” “Un-lady like.” “Un-feminist.” These are some of the reactions people have to female comedians and their jokes. Most recently, Michelle Wolf faced a lot of these criticisms for her roast at the White House Correspondents Dinner when she joked about the physi...
Save the Date: The countdown to the royal wedding has begun
Makenzie Born, Contributing Writer
May 14, 2018
Hollywood actress and California native Meghan Markle will wed Prince Harry of Wales, grandson of the Queen and sixth in line for the throne on Saturday, May 19. The two met in 2016 after being introduced by a mutual friend and reportedly dated for about 15 months before Prince Harry popped the question ...
Loading ...