“I’m talking to myself now,” I said to my good friend Annie over FaceTime the other day. Or was it a week ago? Annie’s response was simply, “Good.”
As we approach almost a month in quarantine,...
Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor
/ April 13, 2020
We are living in uncertain times.
It’s a cliché, but it’s also a pretty good summation of the truly bizarre existence we are all subjected to amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
As I thought about...
“I can’t do this, how am I going to survive this, this is too much, I can’t handle this, I hate feeling alone, I hate being alone, I’m going to die, I hate this, I hate this, I hate this.”
These...
Covid-19 is a serious disease. People have died and more people will die. We all acknowledge the importance of taking preventative measures to protect our most vulnerable. But when taking draconian repressive...
The moment has come, finally. After years of hard work, determination and discovery, college graduation has finally appeared and the future awaits.
The world was supposed to be a great unknown that...
When Petra Heinzman walked into her office the Monday following Gov. JB Pritzker’s announcement to close restaurants, she didn’t expect what was about to happen. After 20 minutes at work, the catering...
China’s northwest region of Xinjiang, also known as East Turkestan, home to 12 million Uyghur Muslims, is witnessing unprecedented violence in the form of ethnic cleansing. Detention camps and various...
Not everyone has the privilege of being young, healthy and without risk.
It may not be you, but you definitely know someone that fits into one — or all — of those categories.
An estimated 60...
I’ve always tried to imagine a world with no sports. What would we do? Would we like it? What would be our new escape from the real-world problems we face on a daily basis? The answers to those questions...
A funeral Mass was said on Wednesday, March 11, in St. Vincent de Paul Church for Daniel N. Kadjan, Editor-in-Chief of The DePaulia in 1955-56. Dan was editor at the time of one of the best April Fool...
Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor
/ March 8, 2020
When I lost my dad nine months ago, I knew I needed help. The question of seeking counseling was not one of “if” but rather “how, when and where.”
Given the magnitude of the trauma, I knew I couldn’t...
The dream to be close to your favorite artist or celebrity is a yearning that resides in the hearts of millions across the world as they struggle to somehow catch a glimpse, a moment or a photograph to...
