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Road construction on I-55 is being expanded into communities who have had environmental justice concerns. Many community members were upset when they heard the announcement.

Illinois legislators push for I-55 expansion, Chicagoans concerned about environmental impacts

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor May 29, 2023

For residents in Chicago’s Southwest Side, air pollution is a constant issue, even more so in the summer months.  In 2020, the city conducted an air quality health report that found transportation...

Cannabis studies minor offers social justice perspective

Cannabis studies minor offers social justice perspective

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief May 29, 2023

Growing up in Detroit, Michigan, Shay Finn, a junior at DePaul, said she saw the legalization of cannabis in 2018 and quickly became interested in the plant.  Her passion for it though, even driving...

University continues to not offer reproductive services on campus

University continues to not offer reproductive services on campus

Olivia Zimmerman, Staff Writer May 29, 2023

Despite many universities in Chicago offering reproductive services and contraception on campus, DePaul continues to ban the distribution of any contraception on campus. According to Catholic doctrine...

DePaul offers disability accommodations, resources to students

DePaul offers disability accommodations, resources to students

Olivia Moosey, Contributing Writer May 29, 2023

DePaul alum Kennedy Healy has a physical disability that requires her to use a mobility scooter to help her with transportation.  During her time at DePaul, she used the Center for Students with Disabilities...

The new name for a reading room in the library, the Aspasia LeCompte Room, was unveiled Thursday, May 18.

DePaul spaces renamed to honor a woman who won her freedom from Vincentian slaveholders

The DePaulia Staff May 29, 2023

Two spaces on the DePaul Lincoln Park campus now hold new names.  Room 300 in the John T. Richardson Library and the Belden-Racine residence hall were renamed on Thursday, May 18 to honor freedom fighter...

Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Lincoln Park. According to the attorney general's report, one Vincentian priest committed abuse while serving at Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church on DePaul's campus.

BREAKING: 4 clergy, including 3 Vincentians, tied to DePaul named in Illinois investigation into Catholic Church abuse

Lilly Keller, Editor in Chief May 23, 2023

Four separate clergy with past ties to DePaul were listed in a report released by the state’s Attorney General’s office Tuesday, detailing rampant abuse among Catholic clergy in Illinois. Francis J....

DePaul Central, the office in charge of student accounts and finances, is housed on the first floor of the Schmidt Academic Center in Lincoln Park.

DePaul raises tuition rates

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor May 23, 2023

DePaul announced its annual tuition raises for the 2023-24 school year on May 22. This communication came later than years past, being announced on April 1, last year, according to past reporting. It is...

Robert Manuel at a 'Design DePaul' event held on January 26,
2023, at the Holtschneider Performance Center, superimposed
over the logo of University of Indianapolis on the side of the
'Greyhound Village' which opened in 2016 during Manuel's
tenure.

Costly consequences: How DePaul President Robert Manuel’s strategy and leadership left UIndy in the red

Patrick Sloan-Turner, Online Managing Editor May 22, 2023

More than a decade ago, Robert Manuel used a metaphor at his presidential inauguration ceremony at the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) to convey a vision for the future of the institution, then...

Increased voter turnout shows promising future for SGA

Increased voter turnout shows promising future for SGA

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief May 21, 2023

The voter turnout rates for the recent Student Government Association (SGA) spring election tripled from previous years, showing a change in trend after historic student engagement lows over the past six...

Johnson prestó juramento como 57º alcalde de Chicago el lunes por la tarde en el Credit Union 1 Arena de University of Illinois Chicago.

Johnson’s executives orders set relationship with community, address migrant crisis

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief May 21, 2023

Within a few hours of his mayoral inauguration, Brandon Johnson signed four executive orders, setting the tone for a collaborative co-governance, community leaders say. The executive orders established...

Susan Burgess, DePaul Senior Professional Lecturer and Internship Program Coordinator in the department of political science, published her most recent book "LGBT Inclusion in American Life."

DePaul professor and author writes book on queer visibility in modern culture

Lauren Coates May 21, 2023

Despite the fact that queer visibility in pop culture is at an all-time high, according to the Human Rights Campaign, states across the country continue to introduce legislation threatening the well-being...

University of Chicago's student-run reproductive rights organization held a teach-in in Hutchinson Courtyard on Monday, May 15.

University of Chicago hosts teach-in for reproductive rights

Olivia Zimmerman, Staff Writer May 21, 2023

While many higher education institutions in Illinois like Loyola University Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Chicago (UChicago) and Northwestern University provide on-campus...

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