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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The millions of gallons of river water released into the lake during intense storms has increased over the past 20 years. When rainfall overwhelms the city’s sewer system and water treatment plants it flows into the river. To keep the river from overflowing onto city streets, officials from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District are forced to open the locks from the river and release the combined sewer and rain water into Lake Michigan. (Megan Deppen / The DePaulia)

Sewer system overload in Chicago

Megan Deppen May 24, 2015

The clock had just struck midnight when DePaul senior Austin Downs first noticed the water pooling on his bedroom floor. As the July storm raged on outside, he paused his movie and opened his door to...

DePaul students give mixed reviews of first scholarship fair at Lincoln Park campus

Megan Deppen May 23, 2015

The university’s first scholarship fair at the Lincoln Park campus made its debut in the Student Center last Thursday and students had mixed opinions on whether it matched its goal to bring transparency...

Cadavillo wins DePaul SGA presidency, allies sweep cabinet positions

Cadavillo wins DePaul SGA presidency, allies sweep cabinet positions

Brenden Moore May 22, 2015

Vanessa Cadavillo and Ric Popp were elected Student Government Association President and Vice President for the 2015-16 school year after receiving more than 60 percent of the vote against the Vincentians...

DePaul SGA presidential candidates discuss issues

Mariah Woelfel and Kathryn Eardley May 19, 2015

Watch highlights of The DePaulia's SGA presidential debate between candidates Vanessa Cadavillo and Luke Kula. See the full debate here.

DePaul SGA candidates make case for election

DePaul SGA candidates make case for election

Brenden Moore May 17, 2015

DePaul Student Government Association (SGA) elections began Monday and will go through Friday as students decide who will represent them in the upcoming academic year. Despite SGA not releasing a list...

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Editorial Board: DePaul SGA endorsements

Editorial Board May 17, 2015

In many ways, the DePaul Student Government Association (SGA) is a microcosm of DePaul University itself, which has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for the students in which the body seeks to...

Lincoln Park High School, located just blocks away from DePaul’s campus, is part of CPS.  (Photo courtesy of Kseferovic | Wikimedia Commons)

CPS’ future uncertain as tough decisions loom

Jackson Danbeck May 17, 2015

After a historic mayoral election when Chicago Public Schools (CPS) was the center of debates across Chicago, the school district has sparked controversy on a host of issues, which many Chicagoans find...

Students graduating from community colleges like College of DuPage (above) and Harry S. Truman College save money, and many transfer to larger universities. Many DePaul transfer students count themselves as alumni of the College of DuPage, located in Chicago’s western suburbs, and Harry S. Truman College in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Graduates from Chicago Public Schools who maintained a B average in high school get free tuition at Truman. (Photo courtesy of COD Newsroom)

Weighing the pros and cons of community college

Maria Garcia May 17, 2015

In the summer of 2005, Susan Motley, 56, began her journey towards a bachelor’s degree after witnessing her son, who decided he didn’t want to go to college, graduate high school.  “I had talked...

Catholic Campus Ministry and LGBTQ services hosted a discussion on sexual relationships last Wednesday. (Maia Moore / The DePaulia)

DePaul Catholic Campus Ministry talk healthy sexual relationships

Maia Moore May 17, 2015

It’s 8 p.m. on DePaul’s Lincoln Park Campus and in the office of Catholic Campus Ministry an intimate discussion about healthy sexual relationships is taking place. Sex and the church have finally...

Murals in Pilsen bring neighbors together to fight the influx of outside development. Activists say the identity of the neighborhood is at stake, in addition to local businesses who are being displaced.  (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons)

Pilsen community fight gentrification with murals

Olivia Mohseni May 17, 2015

[slideshow_deploy id='11998'] On a cold and gloomy morning earlier this year, Chicagoans protested the gentrification of the Pilsen neighborhood.  Signs were taped to the front of the hip new coffee...

DePaul students grapple with paying taxes

DePaul students grapple with paying taxes

Jess Villagomez May 17, 2015

For DePaul junior Rita Lachmansingh, filing her taxes for the first time was a complex process. Lachmansingh, who works for Red Bull, knew little about taxes and even less about the kind of return, if...

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