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'This violence is modeled in every level of society' Growing concern in Little Village over gender-based violence

‘This violence is modeled in every level of society’ Growing concern in Little Village over gender-based violence

Olivia Zimmerman, Staff Writer May 21, 2023

After the deaths and disappearances of women in Little Village, activists are calling on the Cook County judicial system to create a femicide charge to prosecute those responsible and distinguish these...

Johnson was sworn in as Chicago’s 57th mayor on Monday afternoon UIC's Credit Union 1 Arena.

Johnson sworn in as Chicago’s 57th mayor, ‘There is enough room for everyone’

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief May 15, 2023

A spirited crowd filled UIC’s Credit Union 1 Arena Monday afternoon to watch history unfold as former Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson was inaugurated as Chicago’s 57th mayor, showcasing the...

The Jarvis CDM graduate admissions office and academic success center located in the DePaul Center. Recently, three academic advisors for CDM transferred or left their positions at the university.

CDM students frustrated over abrupt loss of academic advisors

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor May 15, 2023

DePaul students began registering for summer and fall classes toward the end of April, leading many to seek assistance from their academic advisors for creating schedules that bring them closer to graduation.  Tabitha...

A DePaul student receives a COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the Lincoln Park Student Center. The Moderna vaccine clinic was open to DePaul students, faculty and staff April 27-30, 2021 and was conducted in partnership with Michigan Avenue Immediate Care. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

DePaul removes Covid-19 vaccine requirement

Kiersten Riedford, News Editor May 15, 2023

DePaul is no longer requiring students, faculty and staff to receive a Covid-19 vaccine as of May 12.  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced that May 11 was the end date of Covid-19 being a public health...

(Left) Parveen Mundi, SGA 2023-24 president, and Avery Schoenhals, SGA 2023-24 vice president, are sworn into their positions on May 11.

SGA term ends, newly elected SGA members sworn in

Kiersten Riedford, News Editor May 15, 2023

The Student Government Association (SGA) 2022-23 administration closed their term during Thursday’s meeting.  The 20 newly elected SGA members were sworn in by Kevin Holechko, SGA 2022-23 president....

A display of challenged or banned books in the youth services department of the Lansing Public Library. The reason why each book is being banned or challenged is attached to the book's cover.

Illinois to be first state to withhold funding from public institutions banning books

Una Cleary, Focus Editor May 15, 2023

Illinois is set to become the first state to sign legislation that would withhold funding from public institutions that ban books.  Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to sign House Bill 2789 after it passed...

John Milbauer will serve as the dean of DePaul's School of Music, effective July 1.

John Milbauer appointed School of Music dean

Kiersten Riedford, News Editor May 15, 2023

John Milbauer will serve as the DePaul School of Music dean beginning July 1, according to Newsline. Milbauer, appointed to the position by DePaul Provost Salma Ghanem, is currently serving as the associate...

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett will rule whether to temporarily halt the enforcement of the assault weapons ban in Illinois after Robert Bevis, a gun shop owner asked for an injunction.

Illinois assault weapons ban halted in Supreme Court

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor May 15, 2023

In January, Gov. JB Pritzker signed an Illinois assault weapons ban into law making it illegal to possess or distribute assault weapons and high capacity magazines in the state. Now, four months later,...

(Left) Sen. Chuck Grassley is greeted by Sen. Lindsey Graham as the panel holds a hearing at the Capitol about criticisms of the ethical practices of some Supreme Court justices in Washington on May 2.

EARN IT Act ignites debate over how social media should handle data, crime

Olivia Zimmerman, Staff Writer May 15, 2023

The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, was reintroduced into the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third time. While some groups such as the National Center...

(Left) President Robert Manuel and Min. Jené Ashley Colvin read the agenda for DePaul's Confronting Our History event on Monday, May 1.

Acknowledgment & atonement: DePaul apologizes for Vincentian history of slaveholding

Minister Jené A. Colvin, from DePaul’s Division of Mission and Ministry, said her grandmother Eunice Jones Hawthorne lived to be 95. Born in 1919, Hawthorne lived when Jim Crow laws were in place and...

Senior Paria Ghaderi, Student Government Association (SGA) senator for the College of Communication recounted her experience being attacked on campus on May 4.

Student’s story ignites safety conversations at SGA assembly

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief May 7, 2023

Editor's note: ​​This story contains mentions of sex offenses and descriptions of assault.  “On this day I learned a very hard lesson: How to keep living when you have felt the cold grasp of death,”...

The west entrance to the Schmitt Academic Center (SAC) on Jan. 9, 2023. Many Faculty Council representatives voiced their criticism on the budget to Provost Salma Ghanem last Wednesday, May 3.

Ghanem addresses Faculty Council reps criticism of DePaul’s budget process, lack of cohesion

Patrick Sloan-Turner, Online Managing Editor May 7, 2023

The agenda for this month's Faculty Council meeting did not list either DePaul's budget gap or the Strategic Resource Allocation Committee (SRAC). Still, the topic dominated a portion of the May 3 meeting,...

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