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DePaul faculty went two years without receiving a raise between Jan 2020 and Jan 2022.

Covid-19 confusion: students, faculty and staff reflect on changing guidelines

DePaul’s uneven policymaking by the university has left students, faculty and staff confused over the direction and logic of the university’s response to the pandemic. In mid-December 2021, DePaul...

SGA Vice President Kevin Holechko discusses mask and booster mandates during their meeting on Feb. 17. He said DePaul is committed to the mandates for "public health."

SGA updates general body on masks, supporting students

Audrey Leib and Nadia Carolina Hernandez / February 20, 2022

On Thursday, the Student Government Association (SGA)discussed the Presidential search, preliminary plans to assist student parents and the need for the booster and mask policy despite student complaints. DePaul...

As Facebook, Twitter remove far-right users, “alt-tech” houses exiled netizens

As Facebook, Twitter remove far-right users, “alt-tech” houses exiled netizens

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor / February 20, 2022

When sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube ban users for violating their terms of service, those individuals often don’t leave social media altogether. Instead, many of these digital deportees flock...

"Put the gun down" graffiti on the 600 block of Garfield.

Activists and Chicagoans speak out against Lightfoot’s Victims’ Justice Ordinance

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor / February 20, 2022

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced the Victims’ Justice Ordinance in September, activists spoke out against the proposal and her solution for decreasing gang violence in the South and West Sides of...

Dr. Manjul Shukla transfers Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at a mobile vaccination clinic in Worcester, Mass. Pfizer said Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may protect against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective.

Booster requirement causes confusion among students during spring registration

Patrick Sloan-Turner, Online Managing Editor / February 20, 2022

DePaul administration’s March 1 deadline for students to submit proof of their Covid-19 booster has created confusion and potential scheduling issues as spring registration opens weeks before. DePaul’s...

Commuters stand on the Fullerton CTA platform located near the Lincoln Park campus,  waiting for incoming Northbound trains.

As CTA crimes surge, DePaul students feel increased anxiety in transit

Patrick Sloan-Turner, Online Managing Editor / February 20, 2022

"Dread. Panic. What [is he] going to do next?" This is what ran through DePaul freshman Hailey Bosek's mind on an October morning this past fall. Bosek stood on the Fullerton platform for the late-arriving...

DePaul faculty went two years without receiving a raise between Jan 2020 and Jan 2022.

SGA accessibility resolution to make remote learning a reasonable accommodation

February 14, 2022

Junior Nancy Godinez was hesitant about speaking before DePaul’s  Student Government Association (SGA) at their weekly meeting. But as an immunocompromised student, she felt a duty to herself and other...

Meddling in the midterms: How partisan influence in U.S elections chip away at democracy

Meddling in the midterms: How partisan influence in U.S elections chip away at democracy

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor / February 14, 2022

Gerrymandering: it’s as American as apple pie. As the United States nears the 2022 midterm elections, politicians and analysts alike have once again advanced concerns over gerrymandering efforts across...

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Democratic Assemblyman Chris Holden, third from left, poses for a photo with fellow Democrats, Evan Low, left, Luz Rivas, second from left, and and Wendy Carrillo, right, after his fast food employee measure was approved by the Assembly in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. California's more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under Holden's first-in-the-nation measure. Low, Rivas and Carrillo were all co-authors of the bill.

DePaul University college professors and students say living on minimum wage in Chicago is not realistic

Vanessa Lopez and Josephine Stratman / February 13, 2022

Inflation has been eating away at the spending power of workers’ dollars — leaving them hungry. The pieces of common consumer goods from eggs and clothes to cars and electricity have risen — some...

Intermediate Chinese II students performed a dance to “Raise Red Lanterns” led by their professor, Sharon Guan. Red Lanterns are a lucky symbol in Chinese culture.

Year of the Tiger: Lunar New Year symbolizes new beginning after remote

Maggie Thompson, Contributing Writer / February 13, 2022

The DePaul community rang in the Year of the Tiger last  week with a vibrant celebration — hosted by the DePaul Chinese Studies Program, the DePaul Chinese Studies and Scholars Association (CSSA), and...

Travelers line up wearing protective masks indoors at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, that at the end of the month he will lift the requirement for face coverings to be worn in most indoor spaces to slow the spread of COVID-19, but the mandate will stay in place for K-12 schools where students, teachers and staff are clustered together. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

AP: Illinois governor to lift mask mandate except for schools

John O’Conner, Associated Press / February 9, 2022

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday that at the end of the month he will lift the requirement for face coverings to be worn in most indoor spaces to slow the spread...

DePaul is currently one of only 23 percent of private American universities that does not offer its students health insurance.

Man arrested for punching female student on DePaul’s Loop campus on Tuesday

Josephine Stratman, Focus Editor / February 8, 2022

Chicago Police apprehended a man who punched a female student in the face on DePaul’s Loop campus. The student was walking east on Jackson Boulevard at Wabash Avenue at 12:15 p.m. when the unidentified...

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