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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

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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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Lucia Preziosi with her family at her baptism into the Catholic Church in Feb, 2004. Preziosi was raised going to a Liberal Catholic Church in New York. (Provided by Lucia Preziosi)

‘Let mutual love continue’: Revisiting my Catholic upbringing through the Sanctuary Movement

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief / March 3, 2025

My best friend and next-door neighbor, Amelia, and I rode our ripsticks in our white dresses the day of our First Communion. Some years later in eighth grade, we ate chicken parmesan and talked about boys...

A DePaul student with headphones checks his phone on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at the Richardson Library. Most students in the John T. Richardson library wear headphones.

The solitary world of chronic headphone users can feel pretty lonely

Linnea Cheng, Contributing Writer / March 3, 2025

For the first three years of college, I was one of those people that had my noise-cancelling headphones on everywhere I went. I slapped them on, headed out the door and ignored the world around me. It...

Amazon’s Reign: Why the online retail giant remains unmatched

Amazon’s Reign: Why the online retail giant remains unmatched

Olivia Hanif, Contributing Writer / March 3, 2025

Online shopping makes the world go round. If you need something, no matter where you are, you have access to billions of items at your fingertips. There are so many options to pick from online: Etsy,...

Tell the truth about lies: Using the “L-word” in mainstream media

Tell the truth about lies: Using the “L-word” in mainstream media

Brielle Kohlbeck, Opinion Editor / March 3, 2025

Falsehoods, mistruths or even “alternative facts” — as Kellyanne Conway would say — are some of the words used by public figures and news outlets to dance around what they may really mean: lie....

COLUMN: A promise forward

COLUMN: A promise forward

Annabelle Frazer, Contributing Writer / March 3, 2025

Today marks the end of the first week of Women’s History Month.  To be entirely transparent, with all that the past few months have brought, I’ve had a difficult time remembering the month of March’s...

The power of the screen: How film and TV influence public perception

The power of the screen: How film and TV influence public perception

Sana Hajidamji, Opinion Beat Writer / March 3, 2025

We all know the saying: What we see is what we believe. From the characters we idolize to the worlds we dream about, much of what we believe about ourselves and others is shaped by the media we consume.  Think...

LinkedIn: a valuable tool, but one you must use properly

LinkedIn: a valuable tool, but one you must use properly

Ashley Mezewich, Contributing Writer / February 24, 2025

LinkedIn is an important networking resource not only for college students, but for anyone who is seeking employment. The site is the largest professional network in the world with over one billion...

Rose O'Keeffe pops a squat on the steps of the Irish parliament in November 2024. A hard days work is always better with a killer pair of plaid slacks. (Photo provided by Rose O'Keeffe)

Put some real trousers on!!!

Rose O’Keeffe, Content Managing Editor / February 17, 2025

There I was, minding my business in the lobby of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on a Tuesday morning before my Advanced Reporting class.  Then I saw it.  A heinous, heinous crime. A crime I could...

I spent money on anti-capitalist video games made by corporations, and I’ll do it again

I spent money on anti-capitalist video games made by corporations, and I’ll do it again

Riley Sommers, La DePaulia Contributing Writer / February 17, 2025

I spend a lot of time and money on video games. Over the winter break, a friend of mine delivered the custom gaming PC he built for me. I bought a PS4 and a PS5 after saving up probably too many paychecks....

A model wears a creation as part of the men's Walter van Beirendonck Fall-Winter 2025-2026 collection, that was presented in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

Success on the runway at Men’s Paris Fashion Week

Jaime Villalpando, Contributing Writer / February 17, 2025

The upcoming men’s fall/winter ‘25 season collections shown off in Paris from Jan. 21 to Jan. 26 did not disappoint. Every show had their own theme, some exuberant, some elegant, some straight-up bizarre....

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