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FAFSA frustrations: Financial aid delays impact enrollment at universities across the country

FAFSA frustrations: Financial aid delays impact enrollment at universities across the country

Sam Mroz, Contributing Writer October 7, 2024

For DePaul junior Hays Brooks, completing the FAFSA is an annual tradition to ensure financial aid for the coming school year. With thousands like Brooks applying for such securities, effective communication...

The Red Line train heading towards Howard approaches commuters at the Jackson station on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. The Jackson Red Line station is known for its closeness to DePaul’s Loop campus as students shuttle from the Lincoln Park campus.

Bring a gun on the CTA? AI might know

Sarah Hendry, Current Events Beat Writer October 7, 2024

The Chicago Transit Authority recently began testing security technology from an artificial intelligence security company as a part of ongoing efforts to address gun violence. The tech, from company ZeroEyes,...

Members of the church stand as they listen to Rev. Kenneth Phelps at the Concord Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. Phelps offers bilingual sermons, where Spanish-speaking church-goers can hear the sermon in Spanish through their headphones.

As Chicago closes migrant shelters, community leaders step up to help those already here

Gia Clarke, Contributing Writer October 7, 2024

The city of Chicago is set to close three migrant shelters this month as the number of buses coming from Texas decrease due to President Joe Biden’s executive order limiting newcomers from entering the...

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, left, and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, shake hands as they arrive for a CBS News vice presidential debate, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

At VP debate, Vance attempts softer stance on abortion; Walz pushes him on election denial

Sarah Hendry, Current Events Beat Writer October 1, 2024

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance took to the debate stage on Tuesday night in New York City for the only scheduled vice presidential debate. The 90-minute event was moderated by CBS hosts...

Chicago removes ShotSpotter as the clock strikes midnight

Chicago removes ShotSpotter as the clock strikes midnight

LiLi Jarvenpa, City News Editor September 30, 2024

Chicago ended its multi-year contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection technology provider, on Monday, Sept. 23, pulling the plug on the service after midnight on Sept. 22.  The Chicago City Council...

Cans of whippets stand on display for sale among nicotine products on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, at a vape shop a couple of blocks from DePaul's Loop campus. The product comes in a variety of flavors and is being marketed as a drug.

A deadly drug: Whippit use rampant; DePaul professor calls for laws to curb access

Sabrina Castle, Contributing Writer September 30, 2024

Teens and young adults in the United States are risking death to get high as recreational use of nitrous oxide — commonly known as whippits — is “rising rapidly,” according to doctors at the Yale...

Student body president Isabella Ali and vice president Samara Smith lead a meeting of the House of Student Representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. The meeting marked the first ever meeting of SGA under its new constitution.

Cabinet members appointed, membership chair resigns as Student Government Association prepares for fall election.

Sadie Springer, Student Government Association Beat Writer September 30, 2024

DePaul’s Student Government Association appointed and elected two new positions at its general body meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Senior Madison Comeau was elected as parliamentarian, and sophomore...

A worker holds up a personal hygiene kit, which contains of pre-packaged single-use items, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at the Lincoln Park Community Services shelter. Illinois will soon ban single-use plastic bottles from being distributed inside hotel rooms, in an attempt to curb plastic waste.

Plastic bottles out, hygiene concerns bubble up

Lina Gebhardt, Multimedia Editor September 30, 2024

Plastic is everywhere — even in hotel rooms. Since the 1970s, people have come to expect travel-sized toiletries during hotel stays, but starting in 2025, that will change. The Single-Use Plastic...

Community members watch a presentation at the Explore ChiVes event in DePaul’s new Spark Center on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Curran hopes events like these will spread the word and enable community organizing. The center can fit over 50 people.

SPARK Center debuts with environmental data-driven neighborhood project

Jeremy Battle, Asst. Photo Editor September 30, 2024

Featuring a massive LED display wall and two mounted touch screens on each side of the room, DePaul’s brand-new SPARK Center opened its doors to its first-ever event, Explore ChiVes, on Sept. 17. Dozens...

Isabella Ali speaks with a student on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, on campus. Ali is the SGA student body president this year and has previously served as a Chicago Quarter Mentor.

‘There’s a sense of pride that I feel’: Isabella Ali begins year as student body president

Anya Forrester, Contributing Writer September 30, 2024

Isabella Ali is not a student body president that separates herself from the students she represents. She is one that fully embraces them, and even invites them for a seat at the table.  Ali’s election...

BREAKING: D2L error causes fall quarter courses to disappear from dashboard

BREAKING: D2L error causes fall quarter courses to disappear from dashboard

Avery Schoenhals, Campus News Editor September 27, 2024

Desire2Learn, the learning management system utilized by DePaul University began experiencing an error, on Friday evening, that has caused fall quarter courses and all assignments and notifications associated...

FILE- Eugene L. Zdziarski, II, vice president for Student Affairs speaks at a Delta Alpha PI event, in Spring 2023. Zdziarski has been at the helm of the division of Student Affairs since 2014.

BREAKING: Vice president for Student Affairs Eugene L. Zdziarski, II, to retire in January

Avery Schoenhals, Campus News Editor September 25, 2024

DePaul’s vice president for Student Affairs Eugene Zdziarski, known widely as “Veep Gene” will retire in January after more than ten years of service to the university. Zdziarski’s retirement was...

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