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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

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Jenni Holtz  | The DePaulia

DePaul has a duty to reform discipline transparency

The DePaulia Editorial Board March 12, 2018

Last week, a DePaulia investigation, “Dysfunctional Discipline,” gave the DePaul community a rare look into the shadowy underworld that is the disciplinary process at our university. We found that...

Victoria Williamson | The DePaulia

The death of discourse

Daniel Schirmer, Contributing Writer March 12, 2018

As the national debate surrounding free speech on college campuses continues, DePaul has once again found itself in a dubious position. In February, DePaul denied its chapter of the Young America’s Foundation...

Poor password habits leave people vulnerable to hacks

Poor password habits leave people vulnerable to hacks

Rachel Fernandez, Managing Editor March 5, 2018

The hacks started on her Facebook account. Eilish Boyd, a senior majoring in media and cinema studies, got a message from a girl she went to high school with whom she hadn’t spoken to in years. The girl...

Letter to the editor:  "An appeal to logic  and reason"

Letter to the editor: “An appeal to logic and reason”

Brendan Newell, Member of the DePaul College Republicans March 5, 2018

Editor's note: This piece is written by a member of the College Republicans in response to The DePaulia's representation of his comments at a debate between the College Republicans and DePaul Socialists....

Graphic by Victoria Williamson | The DePaulia

Workforce woes

Mackenzie Murtaugh, News Editor March 5, 2018

Internships and jobs as a college student can be exciting experiences that set you up for an ideal job. At DePaul, most students can’t even graduate without an internship, and most students have to enter...

Two players, Team Stephen's James Harden, left, from the Houston Rockets and Team LeBron's Andre Drummond form the Oklahoma City Thunder, go for a rebound in the second half of the NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 18. (Photo courtesy of AP Newsroom)

Defense wins championships, and now the NBA All Star game?

Brenden Welper, Contributing Writer February 26, 2018

The 67th edition of the NBA’s annual All-Star Game concluded the same way it began — in unfamiliar territory. Unlike the previous 66 contests, which pitted the Eastern Conference against the Western...

Graphic by Victoria Williamson

The termination of textbooks

Mackenzie Murtaugh, News Editor February 26, 2018

It sits at my bedside table. The wood-panelling of my walls makes its blue and orange colors dance along with old receipts and gum wrappers drifting across my floor. The dust it has collected makes me...

(Victoria Williamson | The DePaulia)

PhD students take a stand against the lack of affordable healthcare

DePaul PhD Students February 26, 2018

If you are someone who believes that healthcare is a right and not a privilege, you may have felt especially hopeless and helpless over the past year. Together, the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled...

Karen Tamburro, a 1996 graduate of DePaul’s College of Law, became DePaul’s first full-time Title IX coordinator on Sept. 8, 2015. For the previous 14 years, she served as a supervisory attorney with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Tamburro will be housed in the Office for Institutional Diversity and Equity, and will be supported by deputy Title IX coordinators within Student Affairs, Athletics, Human Resources, Enrollment Management & Marketing and Academic Affairs. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

DePaul stands against sexual and relationship violence

Karen Tamburro, Title IX Coordinator February 19, 2018

More and more conversations about sexual and relationship violence are happening in society and on our campus, driven in part by the growing #MeToo movement. As DePaul’s Title IX Coordinator, I appreciate...

This photo shows application icons from left, Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Messenger Kids on an iPhone.(Photo courtesy of the Associated Press)

Please put your phone away and talk to me

Mackenzie Murtaugh, News Editor February 19, 2018

Accepting that you have a problem is the first step to solving said problem. I’ll be at a party, having fun and conversing. Then, all of a sudden, I’ll lose my friend in the crowd of 20-somethings...

Director Woody Allen attends a special screening of "Wonder Wheel.  (Evan Agostini/AP)

An obscured narrative: the case of Woody Allen

Ross Greer, Contributing Writer February 19, 2018

Allegations and rumors of child abuse have followed Woody Allen since 1993, when actress Mia Farrow, alleged that he had abused adopted daughter Dylan the year prior. In the years following the original...

Victoria Williamson | The DePaulia

Breaking Cupid’s (platonic) arrow

Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor February 12, 2018

We met in fifth grade. She was a Sagittarius, and I was a Leo. It was an inside joke that we were so compatible because our zodiacs were both fire signs. We both had the same passionate ‘Lana Del Rey’...

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