How dogs are healing people on World AIDS Day
December 1, 2015
Life is notorious for throwing curveballs. Read More »...
Laquan McDonald police video spurs Chicago protests
November 25, 2015
After the release of a police video showing an officer fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, protesters marched through downtown Chicago late Tuesday. The dash-cam footage shows the officer, Jason Van Dyke, firing 16 times at the teenager last year. Van Dyke was charged with ...
CTA launches anti-harassment campaign
November 18, 2015
The familiar song of the Red Line sings, “This is Roosevelt” and invites DePaul junior Shelby Trkla and her sister onto the train. They travel north to Fullerton, and sit next to each other on the stained blue seats. Strangers board the train and a young woman sits across from them. Read More »...
Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-raq’ film elicits mixed reactions
November 15, 2015
“Welcome to Chi-Raq: land of pain, misery and strife.” Read More »...
Page 29: The Theatre School building, ‘Chiraq’
Brenden Moore and Jessica Villagomez
November 8, 2015
Filed under Campus News, Metro, Multimedia, News, Podcasts
News Editor Brenden Moore and Jessica Villagomez discuss MAP grants, The Theatre School's design awards and "Chiraq." Read More »...
DePaul students join ‘Moral Monday’ protests
November 4, 2015
It wasn’t business as usual Monday morning as hundreds showed up to march through Chicago’s Financial District for this week’s #MoralMonday protest, where demonstrators gathered to fight Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget. Read More »...
DePaul community braces for tax hike
November 3, 2015
Days after the Chicago City Council voted 35-15 in favor of the highest property tax hike in the city’s history, DePaul students and faculty living in Lincoln Park and elsewhere await their own fate in how they will deal with a more expensive neighborhood — if they decide to stay. Read More »...
Hillary Clinton returns to Chicago suburbs near hometown
November 2, 2015
The Maine South High School fight song plays in the hallways during passing periods. Teenagers squeeze down the crowded hallways with their heavy backpacks, walking past the school’s “Wall of Honor.” Few notice that alongside other notable alumni, the wall includes a picture of the person who might be the ...
Cortland Bridge construction irks drivers, no bother for bikers
October 14, 2015
Steven Furmanek ground his bike to a halt on the planks and looked across the rust-colored Cortland Bridge to the Chicago River below. On the other side of him stood fences holding orange signs that read, “Bridge closed for construction.” Read More »...
Campaign advocates for CTA Brown Line extension
October 11, 2015
Growing up in the city would seemingly be a huge advantage for DePaul senior Bobby Hawkes, who is taking classes just miles away from his home in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the city’s Northwest Side. Yet the closer he was, the further away he seemed to be; until he got a car and moved to Wrigleyville, that is. Read More »...
DePaul runner faces the heat during 2015 Chicago Marathon
October 11, 2015
The morning chill that welcomed more than 45,000 runners Sunday vanished under clear, sunny skies, making Chicago’s 38th annual marathon a heated race to the finish. Read More »...
LIVE: 2015 Chicago Marathon
Brenden Moore, Mariah Woelfel, and Megan Deppen
October 11, 2015
Follow as News Editor Brenden Moore, Print Managing Editor Megan Deppen and Multimedia Editor Mariah Woelfel cover the 2015 Chicago Marathon. Add "thedepaulia" on Snapchat for additional live coverage. // ...
