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A student looks over an informational sheet at the check-in desk. Students and alumni were given a list of employers looking to recruit students when they checked into the event on Wednesday, Sept. 28.

Students deem career fair only helpful to business majors

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor October 2, 2022

In one of their first networking events of the fall quarter, the DePaul Career Center held a career fair in the LPC Student Center on Sept. 28. The fair was open to all current DePaul students and alumni....

Students line up at a caramel apple bar in the Lincoln Park campus Quad during the Fall Harvest event to celebrate the first day of autumn on Tuesday, Sept. 27.

DAB kicks off autumn with the Fall Harvest

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor October 2, 2022

The DePaul Activities Board (DAB) hosted the Fall Harvest to kick off the upcoming fall activities on the first day of fall. The event took place in the Quad at the LPC. The event featured a jack-o-lantern...

Danny Cruz, head custodian of the Schmitt Academic Center (SAC), said he is grateful for everything DePaul has given him from paying for his wife and children to earn their degrees for free to keeping his job during the pandemic.

‘I don’t feel worthy of it’: Danny Cruz named as one of 125 Faces of DePaul

Kiersten Riedford, News Editor September 25, 2022

For many new students, walking into the Schmitt Academic Center (SAC) can give them a flashback of walking into middle school on the first day of sixth grade.  The halls all look relatively the same....

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he is in support of the SAFE-T act, a law that features sweeping criminal justice reform and ending the cash bail in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2023. Proponents of the law say this law will help end systemic racism in the criminal justice system in Illinois. There is a large of response to this act as a result of propaganda from political groups.

SAFE-T slander: Misinformation surrounds Illinois’ new criminal justice reform law

Patrick Sloan-Turner and Erik Uebelacker September 25, 2022

Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the highly publicized SAFE-T Act into law last year. In recent weeks, the act has been the subject of countless headlines and a major talking point amongst Illinois politicians,...

Student Ava Fischer hands an envelope and stamps to a student who is registering to vote. Fischer is a junior studying political science.

Vote DePaul members register students on National Voter Registration Day

Grace Slagle, Contributing Writer September 25, 2022

In honor of National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 20, Vote DePaul encouraged and informed students about voting access and how to get registered in the Loop and LPC. Students could register, check to...

A student worker grabs one of the free rapid tests that is offered in the DePaul Health Promotion & Wellness (HPW) Office. Rapid tests are also available in the Student Affairs office on the 14th floor of the Lewis Center in the Loop campus.

DePaul offers free at-home rapid tests

Lily Lowndes, Social Media Editor September 25, 2022

Senior Samantha Harris pushed through the rotating doors of the DePaul Center and followed the signs pointing to DePaul’s free Covid-19 PCR testing site. Once she got to the bottom of the escalators,...

Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) was sworn into the Chicago City Council at a City Council meeting on Sept. 21. Knudson is the first openly gay alderman for the 43rd Ward.

Timmy Knudsen appointed new alderman for 43rd Ward

Erik Uebelacker September 25, 2022

Freshly appointed Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) was confirmed by the Chicago City Council on Wednesday, putting him in charge of the ward he has called home since 2015. The 32-year-old is now Chicago’s youngest...

Kevin Holechko (right), SGA president and senior, and Magoli Garcia (left), SGA vice president and junior, were an uncontested match for the 2022 spring presidential election.

SGA to improve effectiveness through research, College of Communication committee approved

Kiersten Riedford, News Editor September 25, 2022

In the spring 2021 Student Government Association (SGA) election, 595 students voted for the presidential race. In the spring 2022 election, the number of students who voted in the presidential race reduced...

The Basic Needs Hub that is available in the Loop is located in the DePaul Center on the seventh floor. Students have access to the food pantry, hygenic products and a career closet.

Basic Needs Hub opens new location in Loop

Kiersten Riedford, News Editor September 25, 2022

The Basic Needs Hub, a food pantry and career closet for students on DePaul’s campus, has opened a new location on the Loop campus.  This is the second location the hub has opened. The hub now operates...

President Rob Manuel makes a point to discuss the importance of addressing the issues with Title IX with his administrative cabinet. Manuel made one of his goals, as states in his message to the university, to improve the Title IX office.

“We have to do everything:” DePaul President addresses recent assaults, campus future

Nadia Carolina Hernandez and Erik Uebelacker September 18, 2022

Robert L. Manuel has reached 50 days as DePaul University’s president. Those 50 days were filled with shaking hands, making speeches, and acclimating to the DePaul community. Now, the real work has begun. Manuel...

The Dax program’s new “Cecilia House” in Lincoln Square officially opens on Nov. 8. The unit will house 10 DePaul students in need of housing.

‘I would be homeless and [living] outside’: Dax program aids students facing homelessness

Samantha Moilanen and Patrick Sloan-Turner September 18, 2022

In DePaul sophomore Fiker Shimels' home country of Ethiopia, receiving an education comes with barriers foreign to U.S. students. An ongoing civil war makes attending school nearly impossible, which is...

DePaul President Rob Manuel hands an award to a faculty member at the academic convocation on Sept. 1.

President Manuel shares thoughts on DePaul’s future with Faculty Council

Patrick Sloan-Turner, Online Managing Editor September 18, 2022

When it was time for DePaul's President Rob Manuel to speak at Wednesday's Faculty Council meeting, he approached the whiteboard at the front of the room to write down and underline the word "value." "We...

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