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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

(Carolyn Duff / The DePaulia)

What is at stake with marijuana legalization

Zoe Krey April 5, 2015

Marijuana legalization seems to be more than just another issue for the millennial generation. By the way Barack Obama responded to the question of the drug’s legalization last month, it is clear that...

The irony of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in the state of Indiana. (Tribune News Service)

Equality for consumers in Indiana

Danielle Harris, Former news editor April 5, 2015

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence faced extreme backlash and public outrage over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Signed into law on March 26, RFRA originally allowed businesses to use religious...

The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Steve Helber | AP)

What Rolling Stone taught us about rape culture

Fabio De Simone April 5, 2015

On Nov. 19, 2014, Rolling Stone magazine published an article headlined, “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA,” detailing the story of a young woman’s alleged gang...

(Photo courtesy of Cameron Erickson and Lyric Metroplos)

Remarkable diversity of the pro-Israel community at DePaul

Cameron Erickson and Lyric Metroplos March 22, 2015

When people hear the term ‘Israel Advocate’ a certain connotation may come into mind. When we both arrived to campus – Cameron in 2011, and Lyric in 2014 – we had very little passion or connection...

The city as a canvas: Graffiti community in Chicago

Emily Brandenstein March 18, 2015

Graffiti has persisted in Chicago. One of the louder times graffiti artists have spoken up was in Feb. 2010 when the Modern Wing of the Art Institute was graffitied less than a year after it opened. Stretching...

40 percent of homeless youth are LGBTQ—and we’re not doing enough about it

Sam Schwindt March 17, 2015

Parents have kicked their gay and transgender kids out of their homes due to lack of acceptance, intolerance, bigotry and hate on countless occasions. These kids are then forced to move from place to place;...

DemonTHON participants danced for 24 hours in a marathon effort to raise money for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. DemonTHON broke its record for the most money raised at the event in its third year. (John Gallagher / The DePaulia)

DePaul philanthropists: DemonTHON, Relay for Life and Cities Project Run

Kate Hobenstatt March 16, 2015

As the amount of high school graduates enrolling in college increases, so do the stereotypes surrounding them. College students seem to be known for partying, sleeping and consuming highly caffeinated...

The fight to raise sexual assault awareness at DePaul

Kristina Pouliot March 15, 2015

As the Honors Student Government liaison to the Student Government Association (SGA), I have had the unique experience of observing this group of student leaders from a somewhat detached perspective. On...

Incentivizing DePaul course evaluations

Jessica Villagomez March 12, 2015

As the end of the quarter approaches, every day I am greeted by an annoying email from “DePaul NoReply.” They flood your inbox at ungodly hours of the night and early mornings. Students are doomed...

Protestors chant during their march on March 3 from the downtown Los Angeles site where a homeless man was killed by officers. (Al Seib | Tribune News Service)

Homan Square: An isolated case or systemic issue?

Ryan Marcotte March 8, 2015

The Guardian, a British newspaper, published a series of articles about a Chicago Police Department (CPD) facility known as Homan Square, painting the site as a “C.I.A.-style black site.” The story...

The powerful social construct of race

The powerful social construct of race

Kevin Gross March 8, 2015

My grandmother (who is of German and Norwegian descent) went on a family road trip to Texas when she was 12 years old, around 1945. While stopping at a laundromat in the South she threw all of the white...

SGAs constitution lacks an impeachment process. (Bloomsberries | Creative Commons)

DePaul SGA constitutional crisis

Tom Rietz March 8, 2015

As we inch closer to the painful process of watching candidates for student government spam their campaign messages across social media, we have to ask the question: Does Student Government Association...

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