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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

People from DePaul joined the larger Chicago community to engage in a Train Takeover protest on Friday, May 15, highlighting issues about African-American and civil rights. (Olivia Jepson / The DePaulia)

DePaul students’ Vincentian engagement of civil rights problems

Rachel Hinton May 17, 2015

At 5 p.m. on Friday, amid workers commuting from the Loop, a “train takeover” protest disrupted the already bumpy flow of the train ride. Among the ranks of veteran protestors, DePaul students as...

People wait for water at a refugee camp for Rohingyas, a persecuted Muslim minority group in Myanmar. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Buddhist violence in Myanmar highlights religious misconceptions

Kevin Gross May 17, 2015

A Pew Research Center polling study found that 35 percent of Americans believe that “Islam is more likely than others to encourage violence.” American popular society oft-holds binary viewpoints...

A man carries water past the wreckage in Nepal after an additional earthquake hit the nation on Tuesday, May 12. The first earthquake hit April 25. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)

Nation and World briefs: May 18

The Associated Press May 17, 2015

Additional earthquake strikes Nepal Nepal has been overwhelmed by its second powerful earthquake in less than three weeks, its prime minister said Thursday as he visited this normally placid foothills...

This undated photo released by the FBI on April 19, 2013 shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. On Friday, May 15, 2015, Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the 2013 Boston Marathon terror attack. (AP Photo/FBI, File)

AP: Jury sentences Boston Marathon bomber to death penalty

The Associated Press May 15, 2015

BOSTON (AP) — A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a "kid" who fell under the influence of his fanatical older...

Grassroots and community activists from Oakland, California (above) to Washington, D.C. have been driving the continuing outcry against police brutality since the death of Freddie Gray. (Ray Chavez/The Oakland Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Community conversations needed for police problems

Rachel Hinton May 10, 2015

On arguably the nicest day of the quarter, DePaul’s Black Student Union (BSU) lounged in a circle on the Quad hosting a “pop-up” conversation on topics ranging from police brutality to treatment...

Senator Mike Lee of Utah spoke out against NSA surveillance. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

NSA’s collection of phone surveillance data ruled illegal

The Associated Press May 10, 2015

The unprecedented and unwarranted bulk collection of the entire U.S. population's phone records by the government is illegal because it wasn't authorized by Congress, a federal appeals court said Thursday...

Protestors stand outside the trial of surviving Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Many in the Christian community have driven anti-death penalty activism, despite common labeling as conservatives. (AP Photo/Justin Saglio)

Nation of divisions: Pro-life viewpoints on the death penalty, abortion

Brendan Pedersen May 10, 2015

As a nation of relative diversity, we enjoy putting others and ourselves into neat little boxes. When it comes to political expectation, the establishment-minded and god-fearing conservative enjoys the...

Feminist activist Beth E. Richie lectures about the flaws of carceral feminism. which relies on punishment to deter sexual violence. (Kevin Gross / The DePaulia)

Carceral feminism and the flaws of punishment-based policy

Kevin Gross May 10, 2015

When a young woman is followed and assaulted on the street, the standard actions are simple: call the authorities, notify the police. But take into account the story of people like “Ms. B,” formerly...

Alex Gaulin, center, with two Nepalese men during her trip to Kathmandu, Nepal in the days before the deadly earthquake April 25. Gaulin, a Chicago native, made it home to the U.S. safely, but the death toll from the quake has reached more than 7,000. (Photo courtesy of Tim Vollmer)

Nepal during deadly earthquake: One Chicagoan’s story

Nina Gaulin May 3, 2015

[slideshow_deploy id='11592'] “Ever since I arrived home, the best way to describe my state of mind is being trapped in shock. I truly cannot think about anything else — all that matters right now...

Riot police stand guard in Baltimore. Massive demonstrations ensued following the death of African-American resident Freddie Gray while in Baltimore police custody. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Baltimore burning: Police brutality and its rampancy in the U.S.

Rachel Hinton May 3, 2015

On April 25, Freddie Gray’s name was added to a growing list of unarmed black men killed by police. What followed news of his death mirrored the riots and protests after the death of Trayvon Martin...

Boxes of aid from the Chinese Red Cross arrive in Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

International community rallies to contribute Nepal relief aid

Kevin Gross May 3, 2015

“Some people are saying the lucky ones are the people who died,” Raben Nepal, a software developer at DePaul and former resident of Nepal, said. Such is the mindset surrounding Nepal after a 7.8...

Failed Comcast-Time Warner merger highlights issues of net neutrality, monopoly

Damian Wille May 3, 2015

The long-awaited merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable was recently terminated in the aftermath of heated discussions about net neutrality. The acquisition, first announced back in February 2014,...

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