For the last month, I have been repeatedly asking myself two questions: “Why is this happening to me? How did I get to this place?” I don’t have concrete answers for either of them — at least...

Ever since his election in 2020, prominent media outlets from the New York Times to TIME Magazine have likened President Joe Biden to a modern-day Franklin Delano Roosevelt. After all, both took office...

Remember that scene in Twilight when Bella meets Edward’s family for the first time? He gives her a house tour and she sees the wall of graduation caps? I want that to be me –– minus the whole repeating...

When I was told that the city was my campus at my first orientation at DePaul, I took it to heart. And like so many people, I loved the city so much I stayed for as long as I could.  Over the next...

For many 2020 struck like a tidal wave — sudden and leaving behind devastation, accompanied with little remembrance of life’s past pleasures. As the waters slowly, but surely recede, America’s past...

After thousands of reported cases of sexual abuse, the Vatican has finally updated its canon laws for handling cases within the Church — standards which haven’t been touched since the 1980s.  The...

Illinois is opening up, Chicago is opening up, America is opening up. After over a year of following Covid-19 protocols, states are starting to lift most restrictions that have been in place since March...

Recently, the CDC updated its Covid-19 safety guidelines and announced  that fully vaccinated people can be indoors and outdoors mask-free, while their unvaccinated counterparts are recommended to continue...

On May 12, House Republicans voted to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney as conference chair. Cheney had been vocalizing her opposition to the “big lie”— that the 2020 election was “stolen” from former...

What do Seth Rogen, Rick Santorum and J.K Rowling have in common? They, and many other public figures from celebrities to senators, have spoken about “cancel culture.”  Merriam-Webster defines...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidelines regarding mask wearing for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, causing distress about when it’s appropriate to wear masks.  One...

The past 15 months have been a ride to say the least. However, it’s given me the opportunity to get to know a lot more about myself as a student.  At first, I thought I was going to absolutely hate...