Facebook and other social media outlets have recently been buzzing with the new “Ice Bucket Challenge” that is intended to raise awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s...
“Let’s not glamorize the acts of criminals.”
Those were the words of Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Police early Tuesday morning during a press conference discussing the night’s...
As the Michael Brown controversy continues to garner extensive coverage in major media outlets, the town of Ferguson, Missouri will surely never be the same. 18-year-old Brown was shot and killed by...
There is definitely something to be said for the unifying power of sports. At a professional level our favorite athletes become a part of our family. We cheer for them, look up to them, and just about...
Most people associate the global coffee company Starbucks with rich Hollywood celebrities, businessmen and women on Wall Street, and the occasional over-indulging college student. Needless to say, Starbucks...
Last fall at Electric Zoo, an electronic dance music (EDM) festival in New York, two young adults died and four were hospitalized, prompting organizers to cancel the final day of the festival. In 2011,...
Over the past few weeks our campus has been captivated by the utterly polarizing debate over the Israeli divestment campaign. One of the main complaints regarding the campaign was this question: “Why...
“Because society is more comfortable with people telling jokes about rape than it is with people revealing they've been raped.”
That statement is one of many tweets from the #YesAllWomen Twitter...
Anybody involved with doing work for a company or another person wants to feel like the work they are doing is worth something and that the time and effort they are putting in is appreciated. However,...
When you shop at DePaul’s Etc. grocery store or go shopping for clothes at any of the shops in Lincoln Park, you don’t usually think twice about the plastic bag that you leave the store with. Chicago...
Feminism means that women are going to kill men and take over the world, right? It means that all women will turn into lesbians, right? The primary feminist concern is if their date will go Dutch or...
DePaul unveiled its grand plans to construct a new basketball stadium near McCormick Place May 16, which is part of the larger "Elevate Chicago" plan to redevelop the McCormick convention area and Navy...
