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DePaul College of Law discusses broken criminal justice system

Luisa Fuentes • February 1, 2015

As part of the university’s commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the College of Law hosted the first of a two-part conversation focusing on the structural failure of the criminal justice system...

Giving back at DePaul: The reason for every season

Parker Asmann • February 1, 2015

The holiday season has ended, Martin Luther King day has passed, and designated days to give back seem few and far between until DePaul’s Vincentian Service Day in May. Through a wide variety of volunteer...

News briefs: 2-2-15

Christian Ianniello and Mike Constantino • February 1, 2015

Phishing scams target students Students are the recent targets of a nation-wide boom in “phishing” scams that advertise work-from-home jobs and trick students into entering their financial information...

Storify: Steady snow, strong winds pound Chicago

Kathryn Eardley • February 1, 2015

A blizzard warning all day Sunday left Chicago with more than a foot of snow by the early evening. The gusting winds of up to 40 mph drifted snow into steep banks along streets and sidewalks. Plus, the...

Second provost candidate James Coleman visits DePaul

Grant Myatt • January 28, 2015

The second provost finalist, James Coleman, visited campus earlier this week highlighting the similarities of his current institution to DePaul and his upbringing as the son of a civil rights leader...

The Ups and #Facebookdown

Megan Deppen • January 28, 2015

Social media may have shut down, but for some students, productivity went up. The hashtag #Facebookdown flooded Twitter feeds Monday night when Facebook and Instagram suffered its biggest outage since...

Campus Crime Report: Jan.14-19

Kathryn Eardley • January 26, 2015

Faces of MAP: Granting opportunities to students in Illinois

Danielle Church • January 25, 2015

Betzaira Herrera’s mother only received a sixth grade education in Mexico. In order to have a better life, she journeyed to the United States despite not speaking any English. A year later, Herrera’s...

DePaul provost finalist Martin denBoer visits campus

Brenden Moore • January 25, 2015

Provost candidate Martin denBoer made his pitch to administration, faculty and students as to why he is the best person for the job during his scheduled visit to campus last week. DenBoer, currently...

DePaul students hack their way to success at MHacks

Randy Vollrath • January 25, 2015

A team of students from DePaul University joined forces last weekend to hack together a means of transmitting Internet over FM radio at the University of Michigan MHacks competition. DePaul students...

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King at DePaul and Chicago

Louisa Fuentes • January 25, 2015

Who would have thought that what started as a speech in August of 1963 to reach 250,000 viewers, would later become one of the most known and powerful speeches around the world? Last week, a series of...

Detained immigrants aided with DePaul College of Law’s Spring Break Border Project

Natalie Taylor • January 25, 2015

For the past 17 years, DePaul law students have gone to Harlingen, Texas on the United States-Mexico border, to participate in the Spring Break Border Project. Over the course of a week, DePaul students...