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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

A call for civic change: Chicagos referendum proposal for election funding reform

A call for civic change: Chicago’s referendum proposal for election funding reform

Kevin Gross March 8, 2015

Last week The DePaulia touched upon the topic of elected school boards, one of the many referendum issues that Chicago’s citizens voted “yes” during the recent mayoral election. Another of the referendum...

A  screenshot of an ISIS video that purports to show its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, speaking to a crowd. Such videos are credited for much of ISIS recruiting success. (AP File Photo)

ISIS and the shocking weaponization of media

Ryan Marcotte March 8, 2015

Since the militant group’s violent rise, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (popularly known as ISIS) has not failed to make their extremist and brutal behaviors known, releasing execution videos...

Former President John F. Kennedy once received flak for not being a Protestant Christian. This tradition of criticism continues today. (Wikimedia Commons)

‘Guns, God and Country’: Religion and patriotism in politics

Alicya Dennison March 8, 2015

Patriotism, a word that started out simply meaning national loyalty, has transformed into a double entendre during the era of Obama. The first meaning is often used in conjunction with Obama’s lenient...

Some analysts believe an elected school board would reduce the infuence that Mayor Rahm Emanuel (center) has over bureaucrats such as former Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard (left), or Chicago Board of Education president David Vitale. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

A call for civic change: Chicago’s referendum for elected school board

Kevin Gross March 1, 2015

Although Chicago will not know who its future mayor will be until April’s runoff election, voters were unambiguous in their approval for multiple referendum issues. Among the issues placed on referendum...

A Banksy-produced mural sits amid rubble in the Gaza Strip. (Adel Hana | AP)

Nation and World briefs: March 2

The Associated Press March 1, 2015

National and international headlines for the week Outspoken Vladimir Putin critic found murdered Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic former deputy prime minister turned Russian opposition leader, was...

African-American history spotlight: Ida B. Wells

African-American history spotlight: Ida B. Wells

Alicya Dennison February 27, 2015

Born July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was the product of two slaves, though she eluded enslavement by way of President Abraham Lincoln ratifying the Emancipation Proclamation...

Gay marriage supporters rally in front of the probate court of Mobile, Alabama. (Sharon Steinmann | AP)

A state of confusion: Alabama gay marriage controversy

Megan Deppen February 22, 2015

Federal law always trumps state law, except by minute technicalities. With state courts taking the lead on same-sex marriage rights, some states resist these changes even when they come from the federal...

The exterior of Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas, where prisoners rioted on Feb. 20. (David Pike | AP)

AP: Texas prison uprising highlights concerns over inmate medical care

The Associated Press February 22, 2015

As many as 2,800 federal prisoners will be moved to other institutions after inmates seized control of part of a prison in South Texas, causing damage that made the facility "uninhabitable," an official...

Students often find it difficult to balance financial and academic responsibilities. (Sharon Pruitt | Creative Commons)

Income-driven payments spark student loan revolution

Rachel Hinton February 22, 2015

The student loan crisis is one many students are all too familiar with, as the daunting question “how will I pay back my loans?” looms over the collegiate experience as students go further into debt...

A doctor in Downey, California, holds a vaccine. Currently, some preventable diseases are resurging due to the anti-vaccination movement. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Fear and misinformation: The war on vaccines

Brendan Pedersen February 15, 2015

Following an outbreak traced to Disneyland by the Center for Disease Control, the highly infectious measles came roaring back to life in the United States with the opening of 2015. The re-emergence...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (left) and European Council President Donald Tusk embrace during the negotiation of a ceasefire between Russia and the Ukraine. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

World leaders negotiate temporary peace in Ukraine

Jackson Danbeck February 15, 2015

European leaders concluded an agreement on Wednesday to cease hostilities for the time being in the Ukraine. However, uncertainty remains on whether both sides will uphold a lasting peace or retort back...

The family of Deah Shaddy Barakat mourns at his funeral. Barakat was one of three Muslims murdered on Feb. 10 in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/The News Observer, Chuck Liddy)

AP: Hate crime investigation likely over slayings of Chapel Hill Muslims

The Associated Press February 15, 2015

Muslim groups planned to take their demands for a federal hate-crime investigation of three young Muslims slain in North Carolina to the White House on Friday. The groups said on social media that they...

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