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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

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Guest Letter: Free expression and safety can coexist at DePaul

Guest Letter: Free expression and safety can coexist at DePaul

Scott Paeth, Professor of Religious Studies April 17, 2025

The recent exchange of letters between Stand Up DePaul and Profs. Moeller, Choplin, Klugman, and Gutiontov offers to DePaul University an excellent study in how academic freedom and freedom of expression...

I stopped shopping at Amazon four years ago — you should too

I stopped shopping at Amazon four years ago — you should too

Quentin Blais, Photo Editor April 14, 2025

There was a time in my life when I would sit at my front window, waiting for the mail truck to creep down my block. A guy in brown shorts past his knees would half-jog up the lawn and set out an array...

I paid $50 to sweat in a room and bathe in ice. I’d do it again.

I paid $50 to sweat in a room and bathe in ice. I’d do it again.

Lina Gebhardt, Multimedia Editor April 14, 2025

Wake up at the ass-crack of dawn. Take off mouth tape, step onto an acupuncture mat (bonus points if you double down with red light treatment). Shuffle to the bathroom, remove the castor oil from your...

Android Autism

Android Autism

Amber Corkey, Copy Editor April 14, 2025

I have the most iPhone-looking Android there is: the Samsung Galaxy S22. At a glance, you might think I have an iPhone, but once you text me, you’ll realize the bubbles are green.  It’s fun being...

Guest Letter: Dear Signatories of the “Stand Up DePaul” open letter

Guest Letter: Dear Signatories of the “Stand Up DePaul” open letter

Dear Signatories of the “Stand Up DePaul” open letter, Like you, we are committed to academic freedom, peaceful expression, and the protection of vulnerable students. We fully support these goals....

Art edited by Preciosa Rios

Ignorance is Bliss: Why the news and I are on a break

Theresa Burchfield, Contributing Writer April 7, 2025

It seems like every news day, something terrible happens, and it’s the first thing we all see when we open TikTok for our traditional morning doomscrolling session. I can’t take it anymore. I’m throwing...

Are you really ‘mature for your age?’: Age gap relationships in your 20s

Are you really ‘mature for your age?’: Age gap relationships in your 20s

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief April 7, 2025

Leonardo DiCaprio has an infamous history of dating barely-of-age young women. It always spurs up some sort of tabloid frenzy, or more modernly, trending TikToks about who thinks what. Age 50 and 19...

‘What I eat in a day’ health influencers made my chronic illness worse

‘What I eat in a day’ health influencers made my chronic illness worse

Aleksa Kirkus, Contributing Writer April 7, 2025

Editors’ note: Mentions of eating disorders, descriptions of chronic illness Climbing the stairs of the Ray Meyer Fitness Center, I was met with a table set with markers and sticky notes. Next to...

Guest Letter: Protecting protest rights isn’t endorsing protest messages

Guest Letter: Protecting protest rights isn’t endorsing protest messages

Mark Moller, Professor of Law April 3, 2025

Recently, the DePaulia published a letter from concerned DePaul faculty and staff urging the protection of the free speech and academic freedom rights of pro-Palestine protestors (“Stand Up DePaul—an...

Stand Up DePaul - an open letter from DePaul faculty and staff

Stand Up DePaul – an open letter from DePaul faculty and staff

Undersigned Faculty & Staff March 28, 2025

Dear President Robert L. Manuel and Provost Salma Ghanem: We condemn the assault on our communities and higher education institutions brought on by the Trump administration’s sweeping executive orders....

Winning the sound war: How music became a contest of coolness

Winning the sound war: How music became a contest of coolness

Samantha Freehling, Contributing Writer March 10, 2025

In a world where playlists are constantly being shared, viral sounds dominate social media and emerging underground artists are quickly positioned as the next big sensation, music has increasingly become...

The Hajidamji family gathers around the table to enjoy Iftar on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Iftar is the meal that breaks the fast during Ramadan. (Photo provided by Sana Hajidamji)

Ramadan away from home

Sana Hajidamji, Opinion Beat Writer March 10, 2025

Ramadan is a sacred time of year when Muslims worldwide feel especially connected to their faith. Falling in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan is when Muslims abstain from food, drink and...

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