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Erik Uebelacker

Erik Uebelacker

Erik Uebelacker is a graduate student and The DePaulia’s former Editor-in-Chief. He can be found on Twitter @Uebey.

 

 

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pauses during her concession speech, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Chicago.

One and done: Lightfoot out, Johnson and Vallas advance in mayoral race

Erik Uebelacker, Kiersten Riedford, Amber Stoutenborough, and Una Cleary
March 6, 2023
Paul Vallas (Left) and Brandon Johnson will head to a runoff on April 4 after defeating a hefty field of opponents in the 2023 race, including incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

Paul Vallas, Brandon Johnson qualify for April runoff

Erik Uebelacker
February 28, 2023
(From left) Aisha Edwards, Christina Rivers, Ami Gandhi, Tony Romanucci and Stephen Blandin spoke at the discussion panel, moderated by RJI Faculty Director Manoj Mate.

College of Law’s Racial Justice Initiative hosts inaugural event

Erik Uebelacker
February 20, 2023
Flora Suttle shared the story of her son Derrick Suttle's murder by Chicago Police.

Old Wounds: Tyre Nichols’ killing brings painful memories to families of police violence

Erik Uebelacker and Nadia Carolina Hernandez
February 5, 2023
Lightfoot is polling behind opponents Jesus "Chuy" Garcia and Paul Vallas, according to polls by M3 Strategies and Crain's Chicago Business.

Lightfoot faces uphill battle in reelection campaign

Erik Uebelacker
January 30, 2023

DeJamz: BabyTron and friends

Erik Uebelacker
January 15, 2023
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker answers questions from the media during a press conference at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. A variety of new laws take effect Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 that could have an impact on people's finances and, in some cases, their personal liberties.

SAFE-T stalled: cashless bail halted by Illinois Supreme Court, ruling not expected until Spring

Erik Uebelacker
January 9, 2023
Bellator 288 sold out Wintrust Arena in the organization’s first trip to Chicago since 2019.

MMA is back in Chicago as Wintrust Arena hosts Bellator 288

Erik Uebelacker
November 22, 2022
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[Photo] OPINION: Is Twitter facing its downfall?

Siona Chibber, Contributing Writer
November 13, 2022
Pennsylvania Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman speaks at a campaign rally with President Joe Biden on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Philadelphia.

Neck & Neck: As polls narrow, Democrats are fighting to keep control of Senate

Erik Uebelacker
November 7, 2022
Susan Hadam Schoenholz and David A. Schoenholz gave a $2 million gift to establish the Susan Hadam and David A. Schoenholz Endowed Scholarship in Nursing.

DePaul unveils new nursing scholarship funded by $2 million gift

Erik Uebelacker
October 9, 2022
A child looks up at an older man holding multiple protest signs during the Chicago rally at Michigan Ave. and E. Van Buren St. on Saturday, Oct. 1.

Woman, life, freedom: Chicagoans march for Iranian rights

Erik Uebelacker
October 2, 2022
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he is in support of the SAFE-T act, a law that features sweeping criminal justice reform and ending the cash bail in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2023. Proponents of the law say this law will help end systemic racism in the criminal justice system in Illinois. There is a large of response to this act as a result of propaganda from political groups.

SAFE-T slander: Misinformation surrounds Illinois’ new criminal justice reform law

Patrick Sloan-Turner and Erik Uebelacker
September 25, 2022
Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) was sworn into the Chicago City Council at a City Council meeting on Sept. 21. Knudson is the first openly gay alderman for the 43rd Ward.

Timmy Knudsen appointed new alderman for 43rd Ward

Erik Uebelacker
September 25, 2022
President Rob Manuel makes a point to discuss the importance of addressing the issues with Title IX with his administrative cabinet. Manuel made one of his goals, as states in his message to the university, to improve the Title IX office.

“We have to do everything:” DePaul President addresses recent assaults, campus future

Nadia Carolina Hernandez and Erik Uebelacker
September 19, 2022
Former president Trump spoke at a rally in Wilkes-barre Pennsylvania on Sept. 3, weeks after his resident was searched. The DOJ looks to indict Trump for his possession of documents at Mar-a-Lago.

Possible Trump indictment looms following FBI’s seizure of classified material at Mar-a-Lago

Erik Uebelacker
September 11, 2022
On Aug. 27, DePaul students took a visit to the carousel and Ferris wheel at Navy Pier.

What should you do as a freshman in Chicago? DePaul upperclassmen and grads answer.

Erik Uebelacker
September 11, 2022
DePaul and Note Dame tip off in DePaul's first NCAA college basketball game in the new Wintrust Arena during the first half Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Chicago.

Recruitment probation for DePaul men’s basketball expires after three years

Erik Uebelacker
August 12, 2022
Nourishing Hope - Sheridan Market in Lakeview distributes food to Chicagoans seven days per week

Chicago basic income trial provides dubious hope to residents in need

Erik Uebelacker
June 28, 2022
Republican candidate for Illinois governor Darren Bailey speaks to voters during a campaign stop in Athens, Ill., June 14, 2022. Bailey is seeking the Republican nomination to face Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker in November.

Skeptical of polls, GOP governor hopefuls see an open race ahead of Illinois primary

Erik Uebelacker
June 26, 2022
A go-to for greasy food before a night out, Flip Sigi is a unique Filipino taqueria in the heart of Boystown.

Let me plan your evening in Boystown

Erik Uebelacker
June 16, 2022
Opinion: I’m tired of the same sorry arguments against gun control

Opinion: I’m tired of the same sorry arguments against gun control

Erik Uebelacker
May 29, 2022
Opinion: Why it’s hard to understand the consequences of mental health until you’ve battled your own

Opinion: Why it’s hard to understand the consequences of mental health until you’ve battled your own

Erik Uebelacker
May 29, 2022
Members of The DePaulia staff prepare the latest issue of the paper in their office at the concourse of 1 E Jackson Blvd. Editors work at the office every Friday and Sunday during the school year.

OPINION: Student media should count for experiential learning credits

Erik Uebelacker and Amber Stoutenborough
May 22, 2022
Olivia Borowiak runs in the Distance Medley Relay at the Big East Indoor Championship on Feb. 25.

Olivia Borowiak is racing to break every DePaul distance record

Erik Uebelacker
May 15, 2022
I joined Truth Social so you don’t have to

I joined Truth Social so you don’t have to

Erik Uebelacker
May 8, 2022
Steven Donziger, on his 800th day of house arrest. (Courtesy of Steven Donziger's Instagram)

Steven Donziger released after nearly 1000 days of house arrest

Erik Uebelacker
May 1, 2022
Elon Musk bought Twitter. What's the big deal

[Photo] Opinion: Elon Musk is buying Twitter. What’s the big deal?

Hank Mitchell
May 1, 2022
Journalists report as forensic workers line up the corpses of civilians collected from a mass grave in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 8, 2022.

Opinion: I was wrong about war reporters

Erik Uebelacker
April 24, 2022
SGA announces scholarship for first generation DePaul Students

SGA announces scholarship for first generation DePaul Students

Erik Uebelacker
April 24, 2022
Fuente: DePaul Institutional Research and Market Analytics

SGA anuncia beca para estudiantes DePaul de primera generación

Erik Uebelacker
April 24, 2022
The interior damage from Ben K.'s apartment lobby was caused by a burst pipe.

[Photo] Landlord horror stories

Halie Wingo, Contributing Writer
April 24, 2022
The gas prices at the Lincoln Park Mobil across from DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus.

Opinion: Surging gas prices should encourage fuel alternatives

Erik Uebelacker
April 10, 2022
Eugene Jarvis and his wife, Sasha Gerritson, have given DePaul University its largest donation in school history to benefit the College of Computing and Digital Media.

Largest donation in DePaul’s history to rename the College of Computing and Digital Media

Erik Uebelacker
March 29, 2022
Opinion: Roe v. Wade’s future is grim with Florida’s 15-week abortion ban

Opinion: Roe v. Wade’s future is grim with Florida’s 15-week abortion ban

Erik Uebelacker
March 13, 2022
All DePaul buildings, including 1 E Jackson Blvd (above), require masks on entry.

Column: I haven’t gotten Covid yet… is that weird?

Erik Uebelacker
March 13, 2022
Tiffinee Scott shows some pictures to reporters, including one of the many pill bottles her daughter had accumulated before her death, after making a statement during a hearing in New York, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Scott said “After Tiarra’s passing, I collected countless pill bottles-filling a king size bed in a bag.” (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

DePaul continues Narcan initiatives

Erik Uebelacker and Audrey Leib
March 13, 2022
St. Vincent's DeJamz - Weezer

St. Vincent’s DeJamz – Weezer

Erik Uebelacker
March 7, 2022
UFC fighter Yoshiyuki Yoshida kicks his opponent, Josh Koscheck, during the UFC's Fight for the Troops event held at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. Kosheck won the match by knocking out Yoshida 30 seconds into the first round. More than 9,000 Fort Bragg troops attended the charity event which benefitted veterans. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Christopher T. Grammer, 50th Public Affairs Detachment)

Fighting Dirty: Why these UFC veterans are trying to change the MMA business

Erik Uebelacker
March 7, 2022
DePaul's Men's Basketball team play's at Wintrust Arena, located in Chicago's South Loop.

Opinions: Wintrust Arena is too far away

Erik Uebelacker
March 7, 2022
Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022

OPINION: Ukraine may be far away, but the war hits home

Erik Uebelacker
February 28, 2022
A Ukrainian serviceman provides area security in Eastern Ukraine Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022.

Opinion: Who is writing pro-war op-eds?

Erik Uebelacker
February 20, 2022
Opinion: Dear DePaul, let us hoop

Opinion: Dear DePaul, let us hoop

Erik Uebelacker
February 6, 2022
Senior Edward Conover works on some online classwork in the hallway outside of the John T. Richardson Library

Does anyone else miss online quarters?

Erik Uebelacker
January 24, 2022
Our Covid-19 guidelines are convoluted, let's learn from Austria

Our Covid-19 guidelines are convoluted, let’s learn from Austria

Erik Uebelacker
January 17, 2022
The Lincoln Park Community Services building is located off the Sedgwick stop on the Brown and Purple lines.

Chicago homelessness services gear up for winter

Erik Uebelacker
November 14, 2021
Satirical “corporations and the wealthy” protest outside the Trump Hotel, in support of higher taxes on the rich in the Build Back Better plan on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. JOY ASICO | AP IMAGES FOR TAX MARCH

OPINION: Taxing the rich isn’t about economics, it’s about culture

Erik Uebelacker
November 7, 2021
The statue of Father John Egan outside of DePaul's Lincoln Park campus.

DePaul’s mask mandate includes provisions for violators

Erik Uebelacker
October 31, 2021
Steven Donziger, on his 800th day of house arrest. (Courtesy of Steven Donziger's Instagram)

Environmental activist, Steven Donziger, facing jail time for criminal contempt

Erik Uebelacker
October 25, 2021
Katie Bambacht holds her 2-day-old daughter, Evie, in a room with her husband, Zachary, in Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Tribune Photo)

OPINION: Why I’m scared to have kids in the United States

Erik Uebelacker
October 17, 2021
OPINION: Andrew Yang’s “Forward Party”: The Problems With The Two-Party System

OPINION: Andrew Yang’s “Forward Party”: The Problems With The Two-Party System

Michael Boland and Erik Uebelacker
October 17, 2021
Donziger in New York speaking at a street rally.

OPINION: Free Steven Donziger

Erik Uebelacker
October 10, 2021
WPP vertical office, Chicago. (Creative Commons)

Opinion: Four-day work week could improve productivity

Erik Uebelacker
October 4, 2021
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) posa con su vestido hecho por la diseñadora Aurora James.

OPINIÓN: Todavía me encuentro indeciso sobre el vestido de AOC

Erik Uebelacker and Bryan Matthew López
September 27, 2021
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks as she is joined by, from left, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and other progressive lawmakers to advocate for reimposing a nationwide eviction moratorium that lapsed last month, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. AP PHOTO

OPINION: I’m still torn on AOC’s “Tax the Rich” dress

Erik Uebelacker
September 26, 2021
Abortion rights demonstrators rally outside of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home in Chevy Chase, Md. Monday Sept. 13, 2021, after a high-profile decision earlier this month in which the court by 5-4 vote declined to step in to stop a Texas law banning most abortions from going into effect, prompting outrage from abortion rights groups and President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Texas abortion law is scarier than you think

Erik Uebelacker
September 19, 2021
The iconic Taliban flag is painted on a wall outside the American embassy compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Opinion: Dear cable news, leaving Afghanistan was the right choice

Erik Uebelacker
September 13, 2021
Henry Hernandez, his wife Karina Gonzalez and their children Jose Sebastian, 2, and Laura, 6, of Colombia, walk towards the baggage claim area at Miami International Airport, Friday, May 28, 2021, in Miami. The couple were surprised to be offered the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine upon arrival to the U.S. It is their first overseas trip since the pandemic began last year. Florida's Emergency Management Agency is running the program through Sunday.

OPINION: We need to do more to stop the Delta variant

Erik Uebelacker
August 10, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors in the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure deal in the Senate. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Opinion: Please stop comparing Joe Biden to FDR

Erik Uebelacker
July 15, 2021
FILE-Rivers Cuomo of Weezer performs at Riot Fest 2014 in Humboldt Park. (Kirsten Onsgard / The DePaulia)

REVIEW: Weezer pays tribute to classic metal bands with ‘Van Weezer’

Erik Uebelacker
June 6, 2021
People walk along Chicago's Navy Pier, Friday, May 14, 2021. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines, saying fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing masks. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)

Businesses turn to the honor system for vaccine proof as Chicago eases indoor mask mandate

Erik Uebelacker
May 23, 2021
FILE - In this April 19, 2021, file photo, Keidy Ventura, 17, receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in West New York, N.J. States across the country are dramatically scaling back their COVID-19 vaccine orders as interest in the shots wanes, putting the goal of herd immunity further out of reach. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

OPINION: Vaccine skepticism isn’t surprising given America’s lack of unity

Erik Uebelacker
May 16, 2021
Fans attend the UFC 261 mixed martial arts event Saturday, April 24, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. The sold-out event touted as the first full-capacity sporting event held indoors in more than a year drew a star-studded crowd. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

UFC holds controversial indoor event at full capacity

Erik Uebelacker
May 2, 2021
Demonstrators march during a protest over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Police shooting of Daunte Wright reignites national outcry over killings

Erik Uebelacker
April 18, 2021
Students walk on the Quad, located on DePaul's Lincoln Park campus.

Interfraternity Council holds meeting, proposes new initiatives following St. Patrick’s Day party

Erik Uebelacker
April 11, 2021
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