COLUMN: I was an avid member of Greek life—now I want to see it abolished
Sonal Soni, Staff Writer
July 30, 2020
Growing up, I was vehemently against Greek life. In fact, I ridiculed my peers for joining because I didn’t understand the appeal. I regarded fraternities and sororities as exclusive, cult-like and ultimately a waste of money. When I came to DePaul, my mind hadn’t changed until a friend I looked up ...
Letter to the editor: Jason Hill should not be silenced
Laurence Kahn, Contributing Writer
July 27, 2020
Editor's note: Jason Hill was not formally censured by the university, but was rather condemned for his writings on Israel and Palestine. I’m writing regarding the cowardly, slovenly and undeniably fascistic treatment given to Professor Jason Hill. The resolution of censure accuses him of advocating for or p...
Op-ed: The small window for student representation at DePaul
Wesley Janicki, SGA Executive Vice President of Operations
July 24, 2020
With COVID-19 sending the DePaul community into self-isolation, students have taken our needs and those of our community and demanded they be met. From the fight to treat laid-off Chartwells dining workers with human dignity, to the call for the university to end its relationship with Lodge 7 of the Fraternal Ord...
COLUMN: Why I won’t report my sexual assault to DePaul’s Title IX office
Sonal Soni, Staff Writer
July 7, 2020
Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual assault. College is a fresh start, or so I thought. To say I was excited to leave my life in Kansas behind is an understatement. Stepping onto DePaul’s campus and immersing myself in this newfound city life was everything I’d hoped for and mor...
What I miss the most: my family and friends
Kinise Jordan, Contributing Writer
July 3, 2020
The sound of video games being played in the background as I sipped my strawberry margarita at Dave & Buster’s on a Friday night. My family decided to go out for dinner, as part of a tradition; we all have busy schedules so having dinner together is something we have been doing for years in or...
COLUMN: Reflecting on four unconventional years at DePaul
Carly Travis, Contributing Writer
June 18, 2020
We’ve heard it a million times before: time is a weird construct right now. But looking back to my first day of college feels like eons ago, given that the past three months have felt like three years long. At the same time, lucky and unlucky for me, I remember my first, second, third and final year of...
Letter to the editor: My experience with the 2020 Census as a student living off campus
Laura Hobbs, Student Intern at DePaul’s Community and Government Relations Office
June 17, 2020
The last time the census was counted, I was ten years old, and I don’t even think I knew it was happening. It wasn’t until recently that I understood anything about the census. Questions like how often it occurs, who’s counted, and how to complete it were all unknowns until just a couple ...
What I miss the most: live sports
Ernesto Hernandez, Contributing Writer
June 4, 2020
Jorge Valdano, former coach and general manager of Real Madrid, once said, “of all the unimportant things, football is the most important.” I feel like that message rings loud and clear today for me. The COVID-19 outbreak affected various aspects of our lives, and sports was no exception. As someone ...
COLUMN: Dear white people, we need to do more
Carly Travis, Contributing Writer
June 4, 2020
Dear fellow white people, Now is not the time. It’s not the time to post on Instagram a picture of yourself in a bikini, a throwback of you and the boys hitting the shotski, or a video of you bouncing around in your living room doing an at-home workout. It’s also not the time to be performa...
What I miss the most: live music
Sam Ellenby, Contributing Writer
June 1, 2020
A concert is far more than a performance. In a world largely devoid of communal ritual and ceremony, the opportunity to gather for an evening of live artistry with a roomful of strangers, and maybe a friend or two, is invaluable. The people in a crowd often have far more in common with one another t...
Op-ed: The Nation’s Grief… Our Response?
Valerie C. Johnson, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science Department
May 31, 2020
Those who have not experienced American racism may have found a degree of solace in President Esteban’s letter to the university community — “The nation’s grief... and our response.” As an African American faculty who writes and teaches on race, I did not. For me, it was indicative of the way that ra...
OPINION: The Democratic Party should not dismiss Tara Reade
Tommy Virgl, Contributing Writer
May 22, 2020
The #MeToo movement has been an essential mechanism for questioning positions of power, and for allowing the voices of survivors of assault to be heard. With the conversation just getting started, we need the movement more than ever. Tara Reade, who served as Joe Biden’s Senate staff assistant s...
