Member of DePaul Board of Trustees resigns from CEO position amidst federal investigation
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
October 17, 2019
A member of DePaul's Board of Trustees who abruptly resigned from her position as CEO of Exelon Utilities on Tuesday amidst a federal investigation into the company's lobbying practices was still a trustee of the university as of Wednesday. Anne Pramaggiore, who was elected to the Board of Trustees...
Diversity ratings show inclusion efforts at DePaul fall short of real progress
Patsy Newitt, Assistant News Editor
October 14, 2019
At President A. Gabriel Esteban’s State of the University address last Thursday, faculty and staff raised questions about DePaul’s addressing of diversity, specifically with regard to the recently released results of a climate survey that showed declining ratings of diversity by faculty and staff...
DePaul freshmen frustrated with over-booked dorms as capacity exceeds 100%
Alayne Trinko, Staff Writer
October 14, 2019
Students at DePaul have spent over one month now in their assigned on-campus residences, and freshmen like Kassidy Kascht, who was placed in converted housing, expressed their concerns about condensed dorm space and the social challenges that arise from living in converted units. When Kascht and her ...
DePaul SGA-organized discussion lets candidates for various senate seats talk platforms and campus issues
Emma Oxnevad and Mackenzie Murtaugh
October 14, 2019
The Student Government Association (SGA) held its annual Meet the Candidates event to facilitate a discussion between the seven candidates for their upcoming senate election. The election comes after last spring’s largely uncontested race. The event was hosted by Landon Campbell, SGA’s vice presiden...
Event highlights benefits to bilingualism and hardships speakers experience
Hillary Flores, Social Media Editor
October 13, 2019
‘Here in America we speak English’– a statement that is often heard by those who speak another language in public. For a panel of DePaul students and staff at the event, “Bilingualism Unpacked,” this statement touches close to home as they shared experiences of being bilingual in Serbian, Sp...
DePaul alumnus speaks on the Vincentian mission in relation to poverty
October 13, 2019
Most DePaul students are more than familiar with St. Vincent de Paul’s central question: What must be done? But Father Guillermo Campuzano dedicates his life to expanding the reach of this question by taking it up to the UN. Campuzano spoke Thursday at Cortelyou Commons at the inaugural lecture in a series...
Public Safety: DePaul student victim of armed robbery on Lincoln Park campus
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
October 11, 2019
A DePaul student reported that they were the victim of an armed robbery about 7:30 p.m. Friday on the Lincoln Park campus, according to a public safety alert. The student reported that they were approached in an alley behind the Arts & Letters building by a person they had met earlier in the day,...
SGA announces initiative to provide free menstrual products in every campus restroom
Emma Oxnevad, Opinions Editor
October 7, 2019
DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) announced plans Sept. 27 to distribute free menstrual products across both campuses. The initiative was first proposed by SGA President Giselle Cervantes and Vice President Landon Campbell during their campaign last quarter. “The idea came about whe...
Just ahead of Winter Quarter registration, science students worry they will struggle getting into required classes
Rebecca Meluch, Contributing Writer
October 7, 2019
With the quarter in its fifth week, many students from the College of Science and Health (CSH) will soon be racing to their course carts to ensure they stand a chance against the cap-size limit that has been recently preventing students staying on sequence with their core classes. Each of the 2,458 u...
Latinx women discuss corporate life, entrepreneurship and how they got there
Xavier Ortega, Photo Editor
October 7, 2019
The Office of Multicultural Student Success hosted “Latinx Womyn in Leadership and Entrepreneurship” last Tuesday in the Coleman Entrepreneurship Office for students to listen to Latinx and Chicanx women share their journeys, struggles and how they made it in corporate America, non-profit sectors or...
DePaul Faculty Council weighs its priorities
Ella Lee, Arts & Life Editor
October 7, 2019
DePaul’s Faculty Council discussed an array of items at a meeting Oct. 2, including the Faculty Council Budget Committee (FCBC)’s priorities list and the state of the university in a conversation with President A. Gabriel Esteban. After approving the council’s minutes and two Committee on Committees memos,...
DePaul president on waning enrollment, diversity concerns in State of University
Patsy Newitt, Assistant News Editor
October 4, 2019
DePaul’s enrollment has experienced an eight-year decline – and while President A. Gabriel Esteban stresses that he isn’t worried, he also stresses urgency. Esteban addressed faculty and staff this past Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Holtschneider Auditorium, discussing DePaul’s “Grounded in Missi...
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A member of DePaul's Board of Trustees who abruptly resigned from her position as CEO of Exelon Utilities...
Critical Language winner goes from U-Hall to Jordan
October 14, 2019
Finish finals early. Move out of U-Hall. Go to Jordan. This was Clare VanSpeybroeck’s...
October 14, 2019
When Ald. Marty Quinn of the 13th ward was reelected in February, David Krupa,...
Diversity ratings show inclusion efforts at DePaul fall short of real progress
October 14, 2019
At President A. Gabriel Esteban’s State of the University address last Thursday,...