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The DePaulia

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The DePaulia

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Krishna Ganji walks on the DePaul Lincoln Park Campus on Jan. 30, 2025 while talking of his time at DePaul. Leaving home was always on Ganji’s radar, with his sister living in the U.S. as well and Ganji’s want to see somewhere new.

International students look to SGA for support through unique challenges

Sadie Springer, SGA Beat Writer 6:00 am

International students at DePaul are turning to the Student Government Association (SGA) for  resources and support through their distinct obstacles. SGA is taking on initiatives this quarter to improve...

A maintenance man in Ozanam Hall uses a squeegee vacuum in Carissa Janey's dorm to clean the flooded carpets on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Students living in the affected dorm rooms have been temporarily rehoused.

Water pipe burst in Ozanam Hall displaces 16 students

Zoey Duchene, Contributing Writer 6:00 am

Several residents of Ozanam Hall were rushed out of their dorms around 6 p.m. Tuesday evening and relocated to alternate housing due to a flood. A pipe burst in Lorenzo Abbate’s bathroom on the fifth...

DePaul students enter the Arts & Letters building on Jan. 29, 2025. DePaul recently changed their attendance policy, removing the Dean of Students from the extended absence notification process.

No More Dean? DePaul’s new extended absence policy puts professors in charge

Casey Tharrington and Khadija Mujahid February 3, 2025

Who should decide whether a student’s extended absence is excused — professors or university administrators? DePaul’s recent policy change has put that decision in the hands of professors, prompting...

DePaul researcher finds that K-12 teaching is increasingly dangerous

DePaul researcher finds that K-12 teaching is increasingly dangerous

Riley Sommers, La DePaulia Contributing Writer February 3, 2025

In 2024, Kit Kresky was a teacher for the sixth grade at an alternative school for children who had previously exhibited behavioral issues. This school was a standard, licensed public school in the state...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

BREAKING: Trump administration halts federal grants and loans

Sarah Hendry, Current Events Beat Writer January 28, 2025

In a memo released Monday night, the White House Office of Management and Budget announced that it was pausing federal grants and loans effective 5 p.m. on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after it was signed.  The...

President-elect Donald Trump listens with Linda McMahon during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘It’s not just about the money’: Trump eyes shuttering the Department of Education

Avery Schoenhals, Campus News Editor January 27, 2025

Miguel Cardona departed the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education building in Washington for the last time as Secretary of Education on Jan. 17. That was just three days before President Donald...

Protesters gather outside Trump Tower in the Loop to demonstrate against the inauguration of President Trump on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. DePaul public safety are instructed to not ask students about immigration status.

Know your rights: How DePaul plans to respond to ‘immigration raids’

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor January 27, 2025

Wasting no time fulfilling President Trump’s campaign promises of sweeping raids on undocumented immigrants, Tom Homan —  Trump’s new ‘border czar’ — made plans for “immigrant raids” in...

Liz Becker, a library attendant, logs a new PS5 into the system on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Lincoln Park. The DePaul library updated the selection of digital media and resources available to students.

PlayStations, Lunchables, and Beyoncé: DePaul University Library touts new and improved offerings in the new year

Avery Schoenhals, Campus News Editor January 20, 2025

Early this month, the University Library announced several new and improved services for the DePaul community beginning this quarter. PlayStation 5s, a victrola, Beyoncé and Chappell Roan aren’t things...

DePaul Biz and CTA launch partnership for economic development in Red Line Extension

DePaul Biz and CTA launch partnership for economic development in Red Line Extension

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor January 20, 2025

DePaul professors in the Driehaus College of Business are looking to bring their classwork to the real world through a new partnership with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). The partnership began this...

Student Government Association chair of diversity and equity Parveen Mundi speaks during an SGA meeting on Oct. 16, 2024. Mundi, a lead organizer of the DePaul Divest Coalition, helped organize the Gaza Scholars Program initiative.

SGA’s DEI committee campaigns for a Gaza Scholars Program

Sadie Springer, SGA Beat Writer January 13, 2025

DePaul Student Government Association’s diversity and equity committee announced a student-led campaign, “Open Books, Open Hearts,” pushing for the implementation of a Gaza Scholars Program in December...

Crowd members talk amongst themselves during the SGA meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in McGowan South. The SGA fall election took place in Fall quarter, which determined who its new representatives would be.

New additions in the SGA house of representatives for winter quarter

Sadie Springer, SGA Beat Writer January 13, 2025

DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) is beginning the winter quarter with fourteen newly elected members in their house of student representatives. These new members will join SGA’s existing...

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