Time’s up: “Surviving R. Kelly” spurs sexual assault survivors to speak out
Julia Hale, Contributing Writer
January 14, 2019
The first two episodes of the six-part docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly” premiered on Lifetime on Jan. 3. The third and fourth episodes aired the next day, and the series came to a close on the 5th. If you were on Twitter at all during that period, you most likely saw something about R. Kelly, especially...
Transfers play role in return to competitiveness
Andrew Hattersley, Sports Editor
January 14, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Showcase, Sports
When DePaul and St. John’s stepped on the court Saturday afternoon, the game featured two programs that have both relied on transfers as a way of restoring their program back to winning ways. This is not a new strategy —it’s actually becoming more common across the country. According to the...
Golden Globes disappoints, still shocks
Michael Brzezinski, Staff Writer
January 14, 2019
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV, Showcase
We are now in that time of the year that I love and hate the most. It is time for Awards Season. A time where we sit around and watch as everyone pits their films against each other in the spirit of trying to score some golden statues. Everyone knows that it isn’t awards season until all of our fa...
Trump’s business failings foretold the shutdown
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
January 14, 2019
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
On Dec. 11, President Donald Trump stated that he “would be proud” to shutdown the government in the name of border security, namely over funding for a border wall. One month later, Trump seems to have accomplished yet another feat in which he can be proud: forcing hard-working federal employees to ...
DePaul, Harold Washingon College partner, expand scholarships
Ben Conboy & Carina Smith, Editor-in-Chief & News Editor
January 14, 2019
Harold Washington College and DePaul University, two colleges separated by only five city blocks — and a $34,000 difference in tuition — have partnered to create an affordable path for high-performing high school students to take classes at DePaul. The partnership, slated to begin next fall, takes...
Scooter sharing could ease DePaul students’ commutes
Bianca Cseke, Contributing Writer
January 14, 2019
DePaul University students may have another public transportation option soon if Chicago approves electric scooter sharing, which has been used in cities throughout the U.S. and the world to help commuters travel short distances that aren’t easily served by existing transportation but are too long...
CTA upgrades surveillance cameras following crime spike in 2018
Carina Smith, News Editor
January 14, 2019
The Chicago Transit Authority is still in the process of installing a number of new high-definition security cameras across the rail system following a number of incidences of criminal activity. The cameras are a part of the Safe & Secure program that was announced earlier this year by Mayor Rahm...
A year older, a year wiser
Paul Steeno, Senior Basketball Writer
January 14, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Showcase
If older is indeed wiser, DePaul basketball has gifted young big men Paul Reed and Jaylen Butz one of the better learning environments in the country over the last two seasons. Sometimes it's the upperclassmen who've stuck with a program for multiple years who become its unsung heroes. As Butz and R...
US official says withdrawal from Syria has begun
Philip Issa and Zeina Karam, Associated Press
January 14, 2019
Filed under Nation & World, Showcase
BAGHDAD (AP) — After days of conflicting statements about a timeline for President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, a U.S. defense official said Friday the process has begun with the removal of some military cargo. The official said the movement of equipment is part of what t...
Second law professor files discrimination suit
Benjamin Conboy, Editor in Chief
January 14, 2019
Filed under Campus News, News, Showcase
Correction: A previous version of this article said the Powers Report was intended to examine whether or not certain law school employees should be fired. This is not the case, it was authored to examine whether to employ disciplinary action against law school faculty. Law professor Sumi Cho has fil...
Student was not robbed or kidnapped near campus, police say
Carina Smith & Emma Oxnevad, News Editor & Asst. News Editor
January 14, 2019
Filed under Campus News, News, Showcase
Chicago police announced Thursday that following an investigation, they no longer believe that a DePaul student was kidnapped and robbed near the Lincoln Park campus. According to the Public Safety alert released by the university, the 19-year- old student had claimed that on Jan. 8 he w...
2018 On Screen
Michael Brzezinski & Michael Edicola
January 14, 2019
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV, Showcase
By Michael Brzezinski Suspiria Dir. Luca Guadagnino When I go into a film, I usually have a checklist of all the things I would like to see from it, and Luca Guadagnino’s gruesome hyper-political feminist remake of the popular Giallo horror film remains the only film from 2018 to c...
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