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Pippin the piping plover sits on the beach at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary on Wednesday, April 16, 2024. Pippin and Imani have both been spotted on the beach so far this year.

‘Like watching reality TV’: Piping Plovers return to Montrose Point

Quentin Blais, Photo Editor May 5, 2025

As the sun sets over the beach at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, a small crowd emerges from the wooded entrance and floods to the hooked pier that juts along the sand. They move independently of one another,...

The Harrison, left, and Dever water intake cribs sit near Navy Pier in 2022. Dever is the most recent of the cribs built in 1935.

Encyclopedia DePaulia: Where Chicago gets its water

Matthew Warakomski, Contributing Writer May 5, 2025

They sit as lonely sentinels out on Lake Michigan. Some look like lighthouses, others like circus tents. Why are they there? How did they get out there? More importantly, what are they?  Some know...

Emil Soss smokes a cigarette with his peers at DePaul University on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. Cigarettes proved to be a favorite method of smoking among theatre students.

Up in smoke: Cigarette use prevails on campus

Eva Strazek, Contributing Writer May 5, 2025

It’s impossible to stroll through DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus and not catch the scent of a fruit-flavored GeekBar, Posh or other vaping device. But what’s up with the lingering scent of good old-fashioned...

In this photo released by Senator Van Hollen's press office, Hollen, right, speaks with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, in a hotel restaurant in San Salvador, El Salvador, Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia: Trump toes the line of constitutional, judicial contempt

Sarah Hendry, Current Events Beat Writer May 5, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is one of a growing number of people in the United States who have been wrongfully deported by the Trump administration in recent months.  On March 15, 2025, Abrego Garcia, an...

En esta foto publicada por la oficina de prensa del senador Van Hollen, Hollen, a la derecha, habla con Kilmar Abrego García, ciudadano salvadoreño que vivía en Maryland y fue deportado a El Salvador por la administración Trump, en el restaurante de un hotel en San Salvador, El Salvador, el jueves 17 de abril de 2025. (Oficina de Prensa del Senador Van Hollen, vía AP)

Kilmar Abrego García: administración Trump atenta contra derechos constitucionales y judiciales

Sarah Hendry, Curent Events Beat Writer May 5, 2025

Kilmar Abrego García es uno de cientos de personas en Estados Unidos que han sido deportadas injustamente por la administración Trump en los últimos meses. El 15 de marzo de 2025, Abrego García,...

Lake Michigan waves crash on Fullerton Beach at sunrise on October 12, 2024. Each year 11.6 million pounds of plastic is poured into the lake which serves as the main drinking water supply for the city.

The plastic we drink: How can Chicago help curb Lake Michigan microplastic pollution?

Jared Lam, Contributing Writer May 5, 2025

Every year, 11.6 million pounds of plastic trash makes its way into Lake Michigan, Chicago’s largest source of drinking water. Even as the city tries to tackle this issue, it means that microplastics...

A Boogie wit da Hoodie performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Sunday, April 16, 2023, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Rapper ‘A Boogie wit da Hoodie’ to headline FEST 2025

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor April 30, 2025

During the third volume of the Sounds of Sheffield event in the Lincoln Park Student Center, the DePaul Activities Board (DAB) announced that rapper Artist Julius DeBose, known by his stage name ‘A Boogie...

Dos estudiantes caminan por los Centros Culturales y de Recursos (CRCs) localizado en O'Conell Hall en el campus de Lincoln Park de DePaul. En un boceto de la reestructuración de los CRCs de DePaul para el próximo año en O’Connel Hall en el campus de Lincoln Park, no se incluyó una oficina para estudiantes indocumentados.

Grupo estudiantil de DePaul lucha por lanzar una oficina de apoyo para estudiantes indocumentados

Sofia Joseph and Alondra M. Castañeda April 29, 2025

A medida que crece la preocupación por deportaciones entre las comunidades inmigrantes a través del país, una organización estudiantil latina afirma que este es un momento crucial para aumentar los...

‘Digital Divide to a Digital Debate’: Tech’s place in the classroom

‘Digital Divide to a Digital Debate’: Tech’s place in the classroom

Anya Forrester, Contributing Writer April 28, 2025

Technology usage is at an all-time high in classrooms today. The technological dependence we’ve found ourselves in has changed the course of classrooms and our everyday life.  The question of whether...

Riley Moulton, left, and Tori Trevino, right, sit at an anchor desk on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, during the first in-person taping of 'Good Day DePaul' since the COVID-19 pandemic. The students, both juniors, hope to start their career in television news broadcasting.

‘It makes it feel more real’: ‘Good Day DePaul’ reopens TV studio for broadcast students

Lina Gebhardt, Multimedia Editor April 28, 2025

For the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, “Good Day DePaul” is once again hosting its weekly newscast in person from the lower level of the DePaul Center. Riley Moulton and...

A line of people receive holy communion at St. Vincent DePaul Church during a memorial mass for Pope Francis Thursday, April 24. Francis' funeral will be held Saturday, April 26 in Rome.

Priest, prophet and pontiff: The life and legacy of Pope Francis

Rose O’Keeffe, Content Managing Editor April 28, 2025

Thousands gathered Wednesday at Holy Name Cathedral in River North to celebrate the life and legacy of Pope Francis.  But what is that legacy?  Among progressives and conservatives alike, Francis...

A health worker administers a measles test on Fernando Tarin, of Seagraves, Texas, at a mobile testing site outside Seminole Hospital District, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas

Measles makes a comeback: What DePaul students should know

Casey Tharrington, Contributing Writer April 28, 2025

Measles? Isn’t that something from the history books? For many young adults, the illness might feel like a distant echo of the past — something their grandparents might have worried about, but not...

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