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Jason Keller manages the counter of Lets Boogie Records & Tapes on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Keller has worked at the shop for most of his life, even when his father Neil ran it.

Let’s Boogie Record & Tapes: Local record store celebrates the future of physical media

Quentin Blais, Photo Editor April 28, 2024

Customers rifle through records and cassettes of their favorite artists in Let's Boogie Record & Tapes as the morning sun streams through the store windows. Behind the counter, co-owner Jason Keller...

Clev'anique Edwards, junior and co-concert chair of the DePaul Activities Board, celebrates the FEST 2024 artist announcement in Depaul University’s Student Center room 120AB on April 24. Rapper Swae Lee will headline the event. DAB plans to announce the opener on social media on May 1.

Rapper Swae Lee announced to headline FEST 2024

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief April 24, 2024

The DePaul Activities Board (DAB) announced during Battle of the Bands that Swae Lee will headline FEST 2024 on May 17. The rapper is most known for his work as Rae Sremmurd with his brother Slim Jxmmi...

Students browse racks of clothing sold at the spring flea market on April 19, 2024 on the DePaul University Lincoln Park Quad. “This is my first time (attending),” said Nate Bernard, a sophomore who attended the market. “I usually don't really do any of the campus stuff, but I have been trying to do it more because I always have a good time.”

Treasure Trove: Crowd flocks to DePaul Quad looking for a good deal at spring flea market

Madelyn Chapman, Contributing Writer April 22, 2024

Sunny weather and vintage vendors drew a crowd to DePaul's Quad on Friday, April 19. This was the third flea market of the year, an event organized by Cat Barcy, signature events chair, and Sydney Secunda,...

Maya Oclassen

You should know less about Taylor Swift and more about your friends

April Klein, Staff Writer April 21, 2024

My friend doesn’t like Austin Butler. As an actor, she likes him fine, but as a person she’s a touch more critical; a few years ago, he and his longtime girlfriend, Vanessa Hudgens, broke up. Months...

Research technician Carissa Dressel isolates cells in a laboratory experiment in DePaul’s McGowan North Building on Friday, April 19, 2024. Professor Margaret Bell supervises students who are researching the effects of forever chemicals like PCBs and PFAS in the brain.

Biden Administration to mandate limitation of ‘forever chemicals’

Rose O'Keeffe, Asst. News Editor April 21, 2024

Most people in the United States have PFAS chemicals in their blood, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That includes Chicagoans who get their water from Lake Michigan.  To address this...

Mara Logan

Chicago sues fossil fuel industry over climate change

Xadarri Nevels and Lucia Preziosi April 21, 2024

As Chicago prepares for a summer that may bring the hottest temperatures recorded in the city’s history, it joins a growing list of cities and states seeking financial compensation from the fossil fuel...

DePaul sophomore Greta Atilano helps a young Pretty Cool Ice Cream customer pick out an ice cream flavor on Friday, April 19, 2024. "It's the perfect job for a college student,” Atilano said. “I started working here my freshman year. I always try to work for small businesses [and] putting back into the community. Of course, interacting with kids is a lot of fun too."

Here’s the Scoop: Lincoln Park ice cream shop back open for business

Ian Fondacabe, Contributing Writer April 21, 2024

Alex Perez stopped into the reopening Pretty Cool Ice Cream Shop, to get a vanilla bean ice cream bar coated in chocolate to try and beat the recent spring heat in Lincoln Park. In the shop, Perez was...

Coastal Carolina guard Jacob Meyer (12) loses control of the ball against James Madison forward Raekwon Horton during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Harrisonburg, Va., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.

Holtmann bolsters roster with three more transfers and multiple coaches

Tom Gorski, Men's Basketball Beat Reporter April 14, 2024

In his first offseason as head coach, Chris Holtmann is actively reshaping DePaul’s men’s basketball team, bringing in three new recruits from the transfer portal and welcoming Bryan Mullins and Jack...

This photo taken, April 13, 2024, shows a row of historic buildings on Sheffield Avenue that will be torn down to make way for the new athletics facility. Athletic Director DeWayne Peevy said DePaul is committing to historic preservation on other parts of campus.

DePaul athletics modifies plans for new practice facility

Rose O'Keeffe, Asst. News Editor April 14, 2024

DePaul Athletics will modify its plans for DePaul’s new basketball practice facility, according to an email from Vice President and Director of Athletics DeWayne Peevy.  News of the updates emerged...

United DePaul organizes graduate students, student employees and adjunct faculty in unionization efforts

United DePaul organizes graduate students, student employees and adjunct faculty in unionization efforts

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief April 14, 2024

John Gould, a DePaul Ph.D. philosophy student, teaches four classes a year in his department while being required to be enrolled in two seminar classes per quarter. Making a salary of about $25,000...

Shabloop Ms. Gaggy uses a water steamer to help detangle her wig, before securing it on her top-bun with bobby pins on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at LIPS. "Doing drag puts your body through so much pain," Shabloop said. "The constriction from your tights, to your wig being on too tight, the headaches, to your eyes drying out because your lashes are too heavy -- they have been on for so long."

The art of local drag queen, Shabloop Ms. Gaggy

Grace Logan, Arts & Life Editor April 14, 2024

Feb. 11, 2013: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 5, Episode 2 rerun – Thirteen queens remain competing for the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” and a grand prize of $200,000. After completing...

Miranda Quinn, a retention specialist for Student Social Services, works in her office on March 6, 2024. She said she guides students through the FAFSA application process.

Students with undocumented parents skeptical to submit FAFSA form

Rodolfo Zagal, La DePaulia Social Media Editor April 14, 2024

Christy Ramos, a sophomore at DePaul, might not be able to enroll for her junior year in College. Her future plans are contingent on her submission of her latest application for FAFSA, the Free Application...

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