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Safety Alert: criminal sexual abuse reported Sunday morning

Grant Myatt • October 26, 2014

DePaul Public Safety was notified by Chicago Police of a criminal sexual abuse on southern edge of the university's Lincoln Park Campus Sunday morning prompting them to issue a safety alert. The...

Proposed amendments to constitution draws concern from DePaul SGA senators

Brenden Moore • October 23, 2014

Many SGA senators have expressed concern over proposed amendments to the organization’s constitution that may significantly alter the balance of power between the organization’s two main bodies, the...

DePaul basketball’s Blue Madness featuring rapper Twista plays out more like ‘Blue Sadness’

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief • October 19, 2014

[slideshow_deploy id='4824'] Blue Madness, the Athletic Department’s annual basketball season kick-off played out more like Blue Sadness Friday night.It’s not a good sign when, at a basketball event,...

New DePaul arena on schedule for 2015 construction

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief • October 19, 2014

DePaul’s new arena in the South Loop is still expected to have construction begin in the first quarter of 2015, DePaul athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto said. The next step in the process for...

DePaul moves beyond online classes with Lynda

Kirsten Onsgard • October 19, 2014

Virtual learning has moved beyond the online class. Last week, DePaul announced that Lynda, an online library of learning videos and courses, would be available to all students. Lynda features more...

Analysis: Illinois governor’s race a dead heat two weeks from election

Brenden Moore • October 19, 2014

Gov. Quinn spoke to DePaul students, staff, faculty, and other constituents at the DePaul Center last Monday. It was his second trip to DePaul in a two week period. Gov. Pat Quinn (D-Chicago) and...

Young Americans for Freedom at DePaul hosts former UN Ambassador John Bolton

Eleanor Lyon • October 19, 2014

As part of the Young Americans for Freedom’s Time for Choosing Initiative, John Bolton, a U.S. diplomat and lawyer, spoke at DePaul’s campus on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The Young Americans for Freedom...

Award-winning sociologist Patricia Hill Collins hosts social activism lecture ‘Charting a New Course’

Felicia Darnell • October 19, 2014

Award-winning sociologist and author Patricia Hill Collins lectured to 182 DePaul students and Chicago residents Monday, Oct. 13. The Center for Intercultural Programs hosted the event. “We have...

Chicago bartender Colin Cordell of Red Lion Pub mixes skill with history

Andrew Morrell • October 19, 2014

It’s quite common for people to take up a hobby at an early age that they will carry into their professional lives. For Colin Cordell, owner of The Red Lion Pub in Lincoln Park, that hobby was bartending. “I’ve...

Brain tumor keeps Karen Lewis from Chicago mayor’s race

Brenden Moore • October 19, 2014

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis ruled out a mayoral run last week after she underwent emergency surgery, leaving the city’s progressive community without a standard bearer to go up against...

Feminists speak of shared history of different movements in ‘Lessons in Self-Defense’ event at DePaul

Danielle Harris, Former news editor • October 19, 2014

In light of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, DePaul hosted “Lessons in Self-Defense: Women’s Prisons, Gendered Violence, and Antiracist Feminisms in the 1970s and ’80s” on Oct. 16. The event...