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Rebecca Meluch is the News Editor for The DePaulia. Email her at news@depauliaonline.com

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Patrons sit in a modified outdoor seating area at Lake Street Kitchen + Bar in Oak Park.

COLUMN: There’s no ‘turn video off’ option in public and we have to get used to that again

May 2, 2021
A Michigan Avenue Immediate Care employee holding a box of Moderna vaccines at DePaul's vaccine clinic April 29.

DePaul requires Covid-19 vaccine for fall, hosts clinic in Lincoln Park

May 2, 2021
Three Columbia College Chicago students plan in-person college graduation

Three Columbia College Chicago students plan in-person college graduation

May 2, 2021
FILE-Honorary degree recipient Muhal Richard Abrams, a world-renowned pianist, addresses the graduates of DePaul University’s School of Music and The Theatre School at the 117th commencement ceremonies on June 13, 2015. (DePaul University / Jeff Carrion)

DePaul announces 2021 commencement speakers

April 29, 2021
The statue of John J. Egan, located outside of the Lincoln Park Student Center, wearing a mask.

DePaul Community Health Team sends out Covid-19 vaccine resources

April 18, 2021
FILE- In this May 5, 2018, file photo, students attend the University of Toledo commencement ceremony in Toledo, Ohio. Colleges across the U.S. have begun cancelling and curtailing spring graduation events amid fears that the new coronavirus will not have subsided before the stretch of April and May when schools typically invite thousands of visitors to campus to honor graduating seniors.

DePaul Class of 2021 invited to participate at in-person graduation celebration events

April 12, 2021
DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

DePaul revises and adopts new mission statement

April 11, 2021
OPINION: 'Not all men' negates the experiences of survivors everywhere

OPINION: ‘Not all men’ negates the experiences of survivors everywhere

April 11, 2021
Students walk around a mostly empty campus during the pandemic.

DePaul leaders, faculty announce plans for in-person fall quarter

April 11, 2021
The statue of John J. Egan, located outside of the Lincoln Park Student Center, wearing a mask.

DePaul won’t require students to receive Covid-19 vaccine for fall quarter return despite pressure

April 9, 2021
DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

31 DePaul administrators, deans release statement condemning hate

March 31, 2021
An empty classroom set aside for socially distanced learning at DePaul's Loop campus.

DePaul students look back on a full year of online school

March 14, 2021
People gather on the shoreline in Destin, Fla., Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

COLUMN: Please don’t stand close to me in line –— now or 20 years down the road

March 14, 2021
Zoom offers access to world amid Covid-19

Zoom offers access to world amid Covid-19

March 14, 2021
A snow covered truck sits outside the home of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, near Midway International Airport in Chicago. Madigan announced his resignation from the Illinois House Thursday, after representing a Southwest Side Chicago area district for a half-century. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Uber prices skyrocketed to inaccessible costs during Chicago snowstorm

March 2, 2021
Dan O’Conor dives into Lake Michigan Feb. 26.

Diving In: The Great Lake jumper Dan O’Conor

February 28, 2021
Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke play lifelong best friends in

REVIEW: ‘Firefly Lane’ is a series about journalism, womanhood and being a force of nature

February 14, 2021
The author and her father.

Like daughter, like father — we set fashion trends for our parents, too

February 7, 2021
A Red Line train stopped at Randolph in The Loop.

COLUMN: Chicago is a little lonelier because of Covid-19

February 7, 2021
El gobernador J.B. Pritzker habla en una conferencia de prensa el jueves por la mañana.

Pritzker: Estudiantes universitarios estarán puestos “al fondo de la fila” para poder vacunarse

February 4, 2021
llinois Governor JB Pritzker talks to journalism students, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in the press room of the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. Journalism students and faculty attended the candid discussion about the governor’s career and Illinois politics, followed by a question and answer session from the university's student media outlets.

Pritzker: College students ‘further back in line’ for Covid-19 vaccine

February 4, 2021
Cars in line at pharmacy drive through at Walgreens in River Forest, one of the few places to offer a Covid-19 vaccine in the area.

Chicago enters phase 1B of vaccine distribution—but college students will have to wait

January 31, 2021
Patrons eat indoors at Cozy Corner, located in Oak Park.

OPINION: Chicago just took the lead over Covid-19. We are turning it over to indoor dining.

January 26, 2021
OPINION: George Orwell did not write '1984' so it can be used to fit a 'Trump' narrative

OPINION: George Orwell did not write ‘1984’ so it can be used to fit a ‘Trump’ narrative

January 18, 2021
Three women protesting Alabama's new law banning nearly all abortions. The controversial law is the latest in a stream of bills designed to be challenged in court, with the potential to go to the Supreme Court.

OPINION: Roe v. Wade is Roe v. Wade—stop trying to change it

January 10, 2021
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden looks to supporters and members of the press while arriving to a campaign event Friday, Oct. 16. 2020 in Southfield, Mich. (Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Healthcare magnified as candidates compete for the most effective plan

October 18, 2020
COLUMN: Harsh words from my exes still hurt— but they've made me stronger

COLUMN: Harsh words from my exes still hurt— but they’ve made me stronger

October 18, 2020
Still from

Movies don’t have to be bloody to be banned

October 11, 2020
OPINION: Universities are approaching sexual assault prevention wrong

OPINION: Universities are approaching sexual assault prevention wrong

October 4, 2020
DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

University fails to inform community of summer on-campus crime

September 27, 2020
Chris Evans, photographed at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards.

COLUMN: Chris Evans can laugh off his leaked nudes—women aren’t so lucky

September 20, 2020
Having the COVID-19 conversation with your roommates

Having the COVID-19 conversation with your roommates

September 13, 2020
Pop culture hills I would die on: Iron Man is a better superhero than Batman

Pop culture hills I would die on: Iron Man is a better superhero than Batman

September 6, 2020
FILE - Beyonce performs at the 59th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. Beyonce turns 39 on Sept. 4. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

St. Vincent’s DeJamz

September 1, 2020
The van for Ms Tittle's Cupcakes, which will be featured at this year's modified Taste of Chicago festival.

Taste of Chicago to-go

July 20, 2020
McGee’s Tavern, which is located on Webster Avenue in Lincoln Park, is widely regarded at DePaul as a top spot for partying on weekends.

Memories are made of these: looking back on four years at DePaul

June 14, 2020
Lollapalooza in 2015

Lollapalooza, Taste Of Chicago, Air and Water Show canceled amid COVID-19

June 9, 2020
Tyrone Keoton Jr., is handed an unemployment benefit application form by a security guard behind the glass doors of this state WIN Job Center in north Jackson, Miss., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The job centers lobbies are closed statewide to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The agency encourages residents to apply for their benefits on line, however, the system has been stressed by the large numbers of applicants. The local job centers are making paper unemployment applications available and applicants are filling them out and pushing them back through the mail slots or doors as well as they can.

Students weigh unemployment benefits versus part-time job pay

May 18, 2020
OPINION: Not all Bernie Sanders supporters will automatically back Joe Biden

OPINION: Not all Bernie Sanders supporters will automatically back Joe Biden

May 6, 2020
What The DePaulia's Arts & Life team is binging this week

What The DePaulia’s Arts & Life team is binging this week

April 28, 2020
Acting for a Cause organizes live readings of plays to help keep culture alive during pandemic

Acting for a Cause organizes live readings of plays to help keep culture alive during pandemic

April 21, 2020
OPINION: Self care more important than productivity during pandemic

OPINION: Self care more important than productivity during pandemic

April 18, 2020
Staying healthy while keeping the relationship healthy

Staying healthy while keeping the relationship healthy

April 15, 2020
The most popular study abroad destinations for American students. (Carolyn Duff / The DePaulia)

DePaul cancels all Summer 2020 study abroad trips

March 13, 2020
Her story: Women across the world are making history theirs

Her story: Women across the world are making history theirs

March 8, 2020
Not just a wife: celebrating the women behind famous men

Not just a wife: celebrating the women behind famous men

March 1, 2020
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