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Erik Uebelacker

Erik Uebelacker, Opinions Editor

Erik Uebelacker is a senior and the opinions editor of the paper. He can be found on twitter @UebeMMA

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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

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

I joined Truth Social so you don’t have to

May 8, 2022
Steven Donziger, on his 800th day of house arrest. (Courtesy of Steven Donzigers Instagram)

Steven Donziger released after nearly 1000 days of house arrest

May 1, 2022
Elon Musk bought Twitter. Whats the big deal

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

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

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

SGA announces scholarship for first generation DePaul Students

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

SGA anuncia beca para estudiantes DePaul de primera generación

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

[PHOTO] Landlord horror stories

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

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

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

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?

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

March 13, 2022
St. Vincents DeJamz - Weezer

St. Vincent’s DeJamz – Weezer

March 7, 2022
UFC fighter Yoshiyuki Yoshida kicks his opponent, Josh Koscheck, during the UFCs 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

March 7, 2022
Outside of Wintrust Arena, home of the DePaul men’s and women’s basketball teams. The arena is located on the Near South Side, about two miles south of DePaul’s Loop Campus.

Opinions: Wintrust Arena is too far away

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

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

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

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

Opinion: Dear DePaul, let us hoop

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?

January 24, 2022
Our Covid-19 guidelines are convoluted, lets learn from Austria

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

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

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

November 7, 2021
The statue of Father John Egan outside of DePauls Lincoln Park campus.

DePaul’s mask mandate includes provisions for violators

October 31, 2021
Steven Donziger, on his 800th day of house arrest. (Courtesy of Steven Donzigers Instagram)

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

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

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

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

October 17, 2021
Donziger in New York speaking at a street rally.

OPINION: Free Steven Donziger

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

Opinion: Four day work week could improve productivity

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

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

September 26, 2021
Abortion rights demonstrators rally outside of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaughs 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

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

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. Floridas Emergency Management Agency is running the program through Sunday.

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

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

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’

June 6, 2021
People walk along Chicagos 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

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

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

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

April 18, 2021
Students walk on the Quad, located on the Lincoln Park campus.

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

April 11, 2021
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