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The DePaulia

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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...

Why Gen Z relationships never get closure — and what that says about us

Why Gen Z relationships never get closure — and what that says about us

Addison Rogers, Contributing Writer March 10, 2025

Gen Z is terrible at breakups. Relationships end prematurely, and without definitive closure, leaving emotional wounds, heightened anxiety and an inability to navigate conflict. Instead of facing...

Game over: The epidemic of mass layoffs in the video game industry

Game over: The epidemic of mass layoffs in the video game industry

Joe Martinez, Contributing Writer March 10, 2025

It was 8:50 a.m. I was just about to log into work.  Before I could open my laptop, my phone buzzed. It was a Microsoft Teams notification from my supervisor informing me of a surprise meeting with...

Betsy and Grace Logan smile together after Grace’s high school graduation on  Thursday, May 18, 2023. “Well ... it was a very proud moment, every day you make us proud,” Betsy said.
Betsy and Grace Logan smile together after Grace’s high school graduation on  Thursday, May 18, 2023. “Well ... it was a very proud moment, every day you make us proud,” Betsy said. (Provided by Grace Logan)

Tax Season, hospital visits — and thanks to the women who have changed my life

Grace Logan, Arts & Life Editor March 10, 2025

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