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President Rob Manuel speaks to student media after his Congresional hearing regarding antisemitism at DePaul's campus on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in his Lincoln Park campus office. Manuel was called to testify before Congress after two Jewish students were assulted on campus by a person not affiliated with DePaul, back in November 2024.

‘We’ve made mistakes along the way’: President Rob speaks with student media after congressional hearing

Lucia Preziosi and Nupur Bosmiya / May 9, 2025

President Rob Manuel was called to testify before Congress on Wednesday to speak about antisemitism on DePaul’s campus. A day later, he sat down with student media to discuss the hearing and his plans...

El cardenal Robert Prevost aparece en la logia central de la Basílica de San Pedro después de ser elegido el 267° pontífice de la Iglesia Católica Romana, eligiendo el nombre del Papa León XIV, en el Vaticano, el jueves 8 de mayo de 2025.

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost elected first American pope

Rose O’Keeffe, Content Managing Editor / May 8, 2025

White smoke billowed from the Vatican this morning, signaling that a new leader of the Catholic Church had been elected.  Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States will be the Catholic Church’s...

Jill Carlson smiles as she tells the people on her tour about post-modern buildings in Chicago on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Carlson has been a docent for twelve years in the city.

From Loss to Landmarks: One woman’s journey through the heart of Chicago

Grace Logan, Multimedia Editor / May 5, 2025

Adjacent to the Chicago Tribune Tower sits the Equitable Building with its tall windows and sturdy aluminum-covered spandrel beams. At first glance, these two buildings are complete contradictions: the...

Pippin the piping plover sits on the beach at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary on Wednesday, April 16, 2024. Pippin and Imani have both been spotted on the beach so far this year.

‘Like watching reality TV’: Piping Plovers return to Montrose Point

Quentin Blais, Photo Editor / May 5, 2025

As the sun sets over the beach at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, a small crowd emerges from the wooded entrance and floods to the hooked pier that juts along the sand. They move independently of one another,...

Alejandro Campos warms up in the bullpen before DePaul's matchup against Winona State for the first round of the NCBA Division 3 playoffs in Wisconsin on Friday, May 2, 2025. Campos is a freshman at DePaul. Photo provided by Graham Gardner

DePaul club baseball makes history with first playoff berth in recent years

The Blue Demons headed to Maunston, Wisconsin, for the 2025 District IV NCBA Playoffs where they faced No. 1 Winona State
Laura Vázquez David, Asst. Sports Editor / May 5, 2025

DePaul University’s club baseball team is heading into uncharted territory: its first playoff appearance since the club was revived just a few years ago. The team, which competes in the Division III...

Museumgoers observe “Tree of Hope, Remain Strong” (1946) at the Art Institute of Chicago on Thursday, April 17, 2025. It depicts Kahlo lying down on a gurney with incisions on her back, referencing a recent surgery, next to another version of herself sitting up, wearing a traditional Tehuana dress and looking at the observer head-on.

Frida in Paris: Art Institute exhibition traces Kahlo’s surrealist connections

Isabella Russomanno, Contributing Writer / May 5, 2025

Feb. 16, 1939: “I bet you my life I will hate this place and its people as long as I live,” an exhausted Frida Kahlo writes to her partner from her hospital bed in Paris. “There is something so false...

A space capsule full of women, but still no progress

A space capsule full of women, but still no progress

Olivia Hanif, Contributing Writer / May 5, 2025

Unless you live under a rock, you probably saw a bunch of celebrities get launched into space last week. On April 14, Jeff Bezos’s space company, Blue Origin, successfully completed its 11th human space...

A Boogie wit da Hoodie performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Sunday, April 16, 2023, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Rapper ‘A Boogie wit da Hoodie’ to headline FEST 2025

April Klein, Arts & Life Editor / April 30, 2025

During the third volume of the Sounds of Sheffield event in the Lincoln Park Student Center, the DePaul Activities Board (DAB) announced that rapper Artist Julius DeBose, known by his stage name ‘A Boogie...

Second DePaul student sues DHS over loss of student visa

Second DePaul student sues DHS over loss of student visa

A traffic violation may be the cause.
LiLi Jarvenpa and Rose O’Keeffe / April 23, 2025

DePaul Master’s student, Satyanarayana Mekarthi, is suing Kristi Noem, Todd Lyons and the Department of Homeland Security after his F-1 student visa was revoked  due to a traffic violation in 2024.  Mekarthi,...

El Papa Francisco llega al final de la misa del Domingo de Ramos en la Plaza de San Pedro, en el Vaticano, el domingo 13 de abril de 2025. (Foto AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis, first pontiff from Latin America, dead at 88

Rose O’Keeffe, Content Managing Editor / April 21, 2025

Hours after leading Easter Sunday services at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m. Rome time, according to the Vatican.  Francis was hospitalized earlier this year for double...

Mahmoud Saeed stands for a photo outside his longtime Wrigleyville apartment for a ride to a doctor’s appointment on June 2, 2022. Saeed had a nearly-fatal case of Covid-19 in 2021, before his leukemia returned shortly after.

Provided by Jackie Spinner

Chicago’s Iraqi Novelist: The life and legacy of Mahmoud Saeed

Grace Logan, Multimedia Editor / April 21, 2025

In her 2011 article, “The Iraqi novelist on the second floor,” former Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich described Mahmoud Saeed’s apartment as having “just enough space” for his essentials...

Event host, Luna Eclipse, interviews Seana, a Chicago drag artist, during their performance at Purple Rain Extravaganza in Cortelou Commons on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The event featured seven performances from local drag artists that discussed their relationship to gender.

Fraternity drag show a hit despite some negative feedback from alumni

Eva Strazek, Contributing Writer / April 21, 2025

As Chicago drag king Peeper Johnson sprints down the alley between tables full of spectators, the brothers of Sigma Lambda Beta, clad in their letterman jackets, beam and cheer. Earlier this month,...

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