Report of armed weapon in Loop campus lead to evacuation, concerned students
Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor
May 23, 2018
We just evacuated the Loop campus at #DePaul and were told to move across the street. No word about what’s happening inside. #Chicago pic.twitter.com/VGmpZ3r3AK — Holly K. Sias (@HollySias) May 22, 2018 A professor was told that there was some kind of off-duty plain clothes law enforcement officer in the building who had a gun visible, someone called it in and...
DePaul finds true love with their Romeo
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
May 22, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Showcase, Sports
The DePaul Blue Demon men's basketball team just received a verbal commitment from a potentially program-changing recruit. On an Instagram live video taken in his high school gymnasium, class of 2019 four-star small forward Romeo Weems picked the Blue Demons over Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State,...
Playing it safe: As national and local violence ramps up, concerns about safety follow suit
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
May 21, 2018
Multiple students were shot and killed in an shooting Friday morning at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, according to police. This mass shooting comes almost a month to the day after a mass shooting in a Nashville Waffle House left four people dead. Only six months into the year, there have be...
Chicago’s South Side serving freshly-squeezed LimeBikes
Timothy Duke, Assistant News Editor
May 21, 2018
Streaming along the street atop a light blue Divvy bike, senior hospitality management student Jacob Jandacek anxiously searches for the docking station — the past three docks have been completely filled, and his time is running out. Jandacek says that while finding only filled docking stations is...
Where’s the love for Mr. Stevens?
Andrew Hattersley, Assistant Sports Editor
May 21, 2018
For the second straight season, fans across the NBA are once again enjoying a surprise playoff run from the Boston Celtics to the Eastern Conference Finals, and this time the team has a chance to potentially advance further already leading the Cavaliers 2-1 in the series with a chance to take con...
Our obsession with killers continues to distort our ability to separate the murders from the mugshot
Mackenzie Murtaugh, Opinions Editor
May 21, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
Early Friday morning, students at Santa Fe High School evacuated the building after the fire alarm was pulled. The moments that followed were filled first with loud bangs of bullets, then shock, terror and a saddening, complex familiarity. The gunman, student Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, opened fired...
Building Big Brother: China’s new frontier
Cody Corrall, Multimedia Editor
May 21, 2018
Filed under Nation & World, Showcase
Students and faculty gathered in the Levan 100 auditorium on Wednesday night for a panel on China’s relationship between science fiction and technological innovation – and how they manifest in different cultures. The panel, hosted by the DePaul Chinese Studies Program, featured Stanley Chan, a prolific ...
Laugh track: Women in comedy continue to triumph over adversity
Marissa de la Cerda, Contributing Writer
May 21, 2018
“Crude.” “Attention-seeking.” “Un-lady like.” “Un-feminist.” These are some of the reactions people have to female comedians and their jokes. Most recently, Michelle Wolf faced a lot of these criticisms for her roast at the White House Correspondents Dinner when she joked about the physi...
Film school creates new comedy filmmaking degree with Second City
Evan Sully, Staff Writer
May 21, 2018
Whether it be comedy films or films in general, it takes a lot of people behind the scenes to ensure that the final product looks good, sounds good and entertains its audience. For DePaul students looking to elevate their production talent or cut their teeth in the comedy film industry, the chance has ...
Chicago has my heart: College artists help create new pedway mural
Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor
May 21, 2018
Filed under Art, Arts/Life, Showcase
Underneath Randolph St., only a block away from Michigan Ave. in the Heritage Pedway, DePaul junior Amoz Wright and School of the Art Institute (SAIC) sophomore Sarah Wilson were in the zone. Wilson, sitting high up on a ladder, was painting the face of Chicagoan and photographer René Marban. Sitti...
A conversation with Rainn Wilson on the practice of acting
Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor
May 18, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV, Showcase
As part of the College of Computing and Digital Media’s Visiting Artists Series (VAS), actor Rainn Wilson spoke with screenwriting professor and moderator Chris Parrish in front of a packed auditorium on Thursday afternoon. “I’ve been a huge fan of Rainn for a long time. I absolutely love ‘The Off...
Episode 23: Graduates gouged
Cody Corrall, Multimedia Editor
May 16, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, Podcasts, Showcase
After the switch from Allstate to Wintrust Arena, the Office of University Events is facing an unprecedented response to this year's commencement ceremonies. Downgrading from Allstate's 18,500 seat capacity to Wintrust's 10,387, nearly 8,000 seats, when the switch in arenas took place means there is far l...
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Science fiction author Stanley Chan, Chinese Studies Program head Li Jin, Associate Dean John Shanahan and School of Computing professor Xiaoping Jia discuss fiction and innovation.
Cody Corrall, Multimedia Editor
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In this June 23, 2014 file photo, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle on the main road in Mosul, Iraq.
Varvara Makarevich, Contributing Writer
May 21, 2018 • No Comments
AP Photo | Vahid Salemi
An Iranian protestor clenches his fist behind a burnt representation of the U.S. flag during a gathering after their Friday prayer in Tehran, Iran on May 11, 2018. Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in cities across the country to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with world powers.
Brian Pearlman, Copy Editor
May 14, 2018 • No Comments
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Carina Smith, Nation and World Editor
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