Big East Media Day: Charlie Moore earns first-team honors, DePaul picked to finish 10th
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
October 28, 2020
With now less than a month to go until the start of the 2020-21 college basketball season, the Big East held its annual Media Day on Wednesday. But due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the event took place virtually over Zoom. Prior to the start of the event, the conference released its preseason coach...
New fake eyelash business thrives in spite of pandemic
Nadia Hernandez, Assistant News Editor
October 25, 2020
Entrepreneur Paige Crews Lowe of Lake Villa out-lashed the circumstances of the pandemic with her new false lash business Pretty Little Lash. Crews launched Pretty Little Lash in September. “I have been wanting to start this for a long time,” Crews said. “I love eyelashes, and I've worn them for years.” ...
OPINION: Chicago restaurants should not raise indoor capacity
Charlie Carey, Contributing Writer
October 25, 2020
On October 21, Chicago had its highest number of Covid-19 cases and deaths on a single day since June with 4,342 new cases and 69 deaths. Now more than ever, we need to be taking the pandemic seriously. As much as we might be tired of it, the numbers are only going up, and staying home is better than tho...
City to redesign public safety responses to mental health crises
Ella Lee, Print Managing Editor
October 25, 2020
In response to a summer of high crime and daily protests of police violence, the City of Chicago has said it plans to redesign the way the city responds to mental health crises. Mayor Lori Lightfoot released the city’s “first-ever” comprehensive violence reduction plan, called “Our City, O...
Biden leads in swing states as election nears
Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor
October 25, 2020
As Election Day draws near, voters are keeping their eyes on polls for swing states. While states like Illinois and Wyoming can typically be depended on to be overwhelmingly “blue” or “red,” respectively, swing states are not as easy to predict. For the 2020 Presidential Election, the following states have been identified as swing states, where candidates from the two m...
Davis increasing spending on healthcare, Madigan Ads countering Londrigan
Damita Menezes, Contributing Writer
October 25, 2020
Rodney Davis, a four-term Republican incumbent, is hoping to keep his 13th Congressional House seat with ads that criticize Betsy Londrigan’s close connection to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and her strong healthcare campaign. In the fundraising match, Rep. Rodney Davis and Democratic challeng...
Chicago arts non-profit fights to capture public attention amid pandemic
Eli Schmitt, Contributing Writer
October 25, 2020
Dreary, rainy weather failed to deter patrons of Homeroom’s return to in-person art performances on Oct. 3. There in the sand, 50 people huddled on socially distant black circles and witnessed a piece called Water Music on the Rocks. Covid-19 restrictions meant they comprised a sold-...
Lightfoot, CPD reject community suggestions regarding policing
Sonal Soni, Staff Writer
October 25, 2020
On Oct. 15, the Use of Force Community Working Group published an open letter to Mayor Lori Lightfoot demanding that she enforce their demands regarding “Recommendations to reduce the ongoing CPD violence and harm inflicted on the people of Chicago.” The group went to CPD directly but CPD only...
SGA announces election results
Theodora Koulouvaris and Corey Schmidt
October 24, 2020
DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) announced the results of its elections Friday evening. Adora Catherine Alava won the race for senator for community and government relations defeating Gurvir Gill and Sergio Godinez. Born in the Philippines, Alava, a freshman majoring in economics and a ...
Trump, Biden face off in final presidential debate
Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor
October 23, 2020
In an event that lacked the rancor and chaos of the first debate, President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden portrayed their different visions for the nation in the final presidential debate on Thursday night. The debate was moderated by Kristen Welker of NBC News at Belmont Universi...
DePaul president addresses pandemic, budget in State of University
Lacey Latch, Editor-in-Chief
October 23, 2020
Not even President A. Gabriel Esteban was immune to the technical issues that have become familiar to DePaul students throughout the transition to virtual learning during this year’s State of the University address. After a few small hiccups early on in the one and a half-hour webinar, Esteban...
Covid testing materials taken from ISU back to government
Nika Schoonover, Politics Editor
October 18, 2020
After Illinois State University lost Covid-19 testing materials to government reallocation, the school had to reimagine strategies for student safety. Both Illinois State University and Loyola University were expecting Covid-19 testing materials from the manufacturer Quidel over the summer, but th...
