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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...

A performer during Riot Fest crowd surfed with a keyboard during Riot Fest performance. The West Side residents are protesting against mega festivals, like Riot Fest, being held in Douglass Park

West Side residents hold People’s Fest in opposition to Riot Fest amid ongoing efforts to remove mega festival from Douglass Park

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief September 18, 2022

West Side residents hosted the People’s Music Fest at the corner of Cermak and Marshall Blvd. as a part of their ongoing efforts to remove Riot Fest and other mega festivals from Douglass Park. Residents...

Donations for migrants coming to Chicago from Texas are currently being collected in various aldermen’s offices. Some donations that have been collected are non-parishable foods and beverages, toys, clothing and housing items.

Chicago aldermen house location for donations for Texas migrants

Vanessa Lopez, Social Media Editor September 18, 2022

With busloads of immigrants being transported from Texas, Chicago officials are seeking volunteers and donations to help the migrants. Mayor Lori Lightfoot stated that the city is coordinating with...

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about issues that will be contested come Election Day during a rally at the UIC Forum at the University of Illinois Chicago campus in Chicago on Sept. 16.

Vice President Kamala Harris visits Chicago ahead of November Midterm

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor September 18, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris made her way to the University of Illinois at Chicago in support of the Illinois Democrats Get Out The Vote campaign ahead of the November midterms 53 days ahead of the midterm. In...

An Amtrak passenger train leaves Chicago headed south on Sept. 14. Union Station in Downtown Chicago hosts Amtrak and Metra lines that would have been impacted.

Railroads strikes averted, workers pay increase

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief September 18, 2022

Amtrak workers reached an agreement with railroad workers on Sept. 15, averting the impending strike.  The agreement includes a 24% wage increase over a five-year period from 2020 to 2024, according...

American University student Magnolia Mead puts up posters near the White House promoting student loan debt forgiveness in Washington D.C.

Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan fails to impress DePaul students

Ruchi Nawathe, Nation & World Editor September 18, 2022

Americans are in more than $1.7 trillion of student debt.  President Biden announced his plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt on Aug. 24, 2022. According to the Federal Student Aid...

David Hupp, SGA senator for fourth and fifth-year students, said he wants DePaul’s administration to research what disabled students are needing the most in college.

New SGA committees to advocate for disabled students, mental health issues

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief September 18, 2022

DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) approved two new committees, the mental health committee, and the disabled student's committee, after their proposals on Sept. 15. The two decisions were...

Transportation services expand for academic year

Transportation services expand for academic year

Vanessa Lopez, Social Media Editor September 11, 2022

DePaul has unveiled two solutions for cross-campus student transportation, as students continue to express concerns over their safety while riding the CTA. The inter-campus shuttle and Vinnie Van services...

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