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The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

Guest Letters

Guest Letter: DePaul’s policies show anticipatory compliance — here’s how to end It

Guest Letter: DePaul’s policies show anticipatory compliance — here’s how to end It

Without change, an alliance of students and staff argues, DePaul is subtly complying with federal law enforcement and ultimately putting its community at risk.
The Alliance / October 6, 2025

We are a group of concerned student groups and DePaul affiliates (the Alliance) who want to express the following about university policies regarding federal policing of immigration status under Operation...

Guest Letter: Class of 2029, don’t squander your education by using AI

Guest Letter: Class of 2029, don’t squander your education by using AI

Much like lifting weights or learning an instrument, comprehending difficult texts and writing well is a skill you must build for yourself. You will never cultivate these abilities by outsourcing your work, Williams argues.
David Lay Williams, Professor of Political Science / September 15, 2025

Dear DePaul Class of 2029, I’m writing as a faculty member to congratulate you beginning your college career at DePaul. As I hope you will soon discover, your college years represent an extraordinary...

A Response to the Guest Letter by Jessica M. Choplin, Craig M. Klugman, and Ellen Gutiontov

A Response to the Guest Letter by Jessica M. Choplin, Craig M. Klugman, and Ellen Gutiontov

Mark Dike DeLancey, Professor of History of Art and Architecture / May 9, 2025

A Response to the Guest Letter by Jessica M. Choplin, Craig M. Klugman, and Ellen Gutiontov I signed the original Stand Up DePaul letter, but speak only for myself here.  I write in response to the April...

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...

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....

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....

Op-Ed: Does DePaul Care About Its Palestinians?

Op-Ed: Does DePaul Care About Its Palestinians?

Watfae Zayed / May 4, 2024

As we are witnessing the revolution of college students around the country, I began to reminisce on my days as a student leader at DePaul who spent many years advocating against injustices. As a student,...

Op-Ed: On April 17, SJP was sanctioned: A message from your Student Body President

Op-Ed: On April 17, SJP was sanctioned: A message from your Student Body President

Parveen Kaur Mundi, SGA President / April 28, 2024

All thoughts shared are solely Parveen’s and do not represent any entities she may be associated with. Student organization, staff, and faculty leaders: if there is one line you take away from this,...

Proposal submitted by SGA President Holechko on January 24 to the Constitutional Revisions Board outlining the removal of seven clauses of the constitution.

Op-Ed: Hypocrisy at its worst: SGA’s ‘Transparency’

Wesley Janicki / April 30, 2023

Budget transparency, and transparency more largely, loom large over the DePaul community. With calls for transparency regarding DePaul’s operational budget ringing out from students, faculty and staff...

Student protestors cover the sidewalk outside the Lincoln Park Student Center, on the corner of Sheffield Ave. and Belden Ave. with phrases in support of DePaul faculty and staff.

Op-Ed: DePaul’s Budget Crisis: Where is student government?

Wesley Janicki / April 16, 2023

The DePaulia staff is committed to providing the paper’s readers with information they need to know, while trusting the readership to reach its own conclusions on the basis of that information.   This...

Kevin Holechko is serving as SGA president for the current school year. In the role, he also serves as a representative on the Strategic Resource Allocation Committee (SRAC), a group involved in recommending strategies to DePaul's various colleges to combat the budget gap.

Op-ed: SGA president addresses budget gap

Kevin Holechko, Student Government Association President / April 16, 2023

The DePaulia staff is committed to providing the paper’s readers with information they need to know, while trusting the readership to reach its own conclusions on the basis of that information.   My...

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