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The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

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Smoking on DePaul's campuses is very common among students. The city ordinance mandates the areas of smoking. (Matt Rourke | AP)

DePaul up in smoke from failure to enforce cigarette city ordinance

Noah Levitin / November 9, 2014

It has happened to all of us at one point in our academic careers at DePaul. While trying to enter the SAC, students are often unable to walk to their classes because of cigarette smoke in front of what...

Consent the D in retrospect

Sam Schwindt / November 9, 2014

In the Oct. 27 issue of The DePaulia, an article explored the pro-sexual consent movement on campus called Consent the D. The movement ended when founder Randy Vollrath posted on the group’s Facebook...

DePaul's dining service provides many options for students to dispose of waste. However, many students questions whether the waste goes where it is supposed to. (Zoe Krey / The DePaulia)

DePaul’s ‘eco-friendly’ dining services on campus leave much to be desired

Heather Slawny / November 9, 2014

DePaul boasts its eco-friendliness as numerous compost bins surround the Student Center. Chartwells Catering Service, DePaul’s dining service company, is equally enthusiastic about these bins. The...

Letter to the editor: Consent the D should not be

Stephanie Swiatek / November 3, 2014

Consent the D, a new university organization, should hire a communication consultant immediately. I’m a communication student, a woman, a daughter and a sister. And this organization’s poor messaging...

Letter to the editor: Why 'let's stop talking about sexual assault' is problematic

Letter to the editor: Why ‘let’s stop talking about sexual assault’ is problematic

In light of the recent DePaulia article, “DePaul makes an effort to meet student and national concerns on sexual assault,” we, the DePaul Educational Theatre Company 2014 cast members and team, felt...

Voter turnout is often low in the 18-to 29-year-old age group. Because politicians respond to their voting constituencies, low voter turnout in this age group can greatly shift political agendas away from student concerns, such as the high price of tuition and interest on student loans. (Mark Duncan | AP)

Changing the political agenda vote by vote

Brenden Moore / October 26, 2014

With only one week left before Election Day, the stakes could not be any higher. With control of the Senate up for grabs and the Illinois governor’s race in a dead heat, there is a lot left to be decided....

This sign stands outside a family home that has been placed under quarantine because of the Ebola virus in Port Loko, Sierra Leone. (Michael Duff | AP)

Ebola: ‘The terrorism of poverty’ in developing nations

Kate Kownacki / October 26, 2014

As of late October, research shows that 4,500 people have died of Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Out of the eight diagnosed in the U.S., only one person has died from the disease. Why is...

Terminally ill Brittany Maynard moved to Portland, Oregon, to take advantage of the state’s Death with Dignity Act, which was established in the 1990s. (Maynard Family | AP)

Dying with dignity: Physician-assisted suicide

Donyae Lewis / October 26, 2014

29-year-old Brittany Maynard, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, has decided she will end her life Nov, 1. Maynard will take her life through a process known as physician-assisted suicide....

Ebola costumes are in stock in many costume stores around the country for this Halloween season. (Olivier Douliery | Tribune News Service)

Questionable costumes push the envelope on what is appropriate for Halloween

Kevin Quin / October 26, 2014

Choosing a Halloween costume as a child was simple. The thought of being a pumpkin, skeleton or witch is enough to excite most young kids. For more creative college students, however, the boundaries...

In this Oct. 6, 2014 file photo, smoke rises after a shell lands in Kobani in Syria as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, as seen from the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border. After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has so far hardly dented the core of the Islamic State group’s territory. The extremists’ grip on major cities across Iraq and neighboring Syria remains unquestioned. The campaign has brought some gains, with Kurdish fighters taking back towns on the fringes of the Islamic State group’s territory. But those successes only underline a major weakness: Besides the Iraqi Kurds, there are no forces on the ground ready to capitalize on the airstrikes. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Peacekeepers or resource raiders: The ISIS dilemma

Fabio De Simone / October 22, 2014

If you have been following the news in the slightest, you’ve probably heard a lot about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). There have been countless articles that have made a spectacle of...

The case against 'Pinkwashing'

The case against ‘Pinkwashing’

Courtney Jacquin, Editor in Chief / October 19, 2014

Women's issues take back seat during Breast Cancer Awareness Month There’s a sign outside River North’s P.F. Chang’s, as well as its many other locations, that reads “Let’s fight breast cancer...

The Sahara tent was packed for the performance of Showtek, a brother DJ team of Sjoerd and Wouter Janssen, on the third and final day of the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., Sunday, April 20, 2014. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Bragging rights: Cameras at concerts

Stefani Szenda / October 19, 2014

When the band everyone has been waiting all night to see finally takes the stage, the crowd cheers, some throw their hands up in a rock sign, and others take out their phone to snap a picture.   We’re...

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