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LiLi Jarvenpa

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor

LiLi is a first year graduate student at DePaul working towards her masters in journalism. She completed her undergraduate degree at DePaul in political science. When she is not working on an article she can be found reading or doing jigsaw puzzles.

Contact LiLi: Ljarve@depauliaonline.com

Graduating students attend commencement ceremonies at Harvard University, Thursday, May 29, 2025 in Cambridge, Mass.

Trump’s attack on Harvard: Harvard sues Trump administration in latest clash over student visas

Lucia Preziosi and LiLi Jarvenpa
June 2, 2025
File- Students walk to class on Thursday, April 3, 2025, outside of the Schmitt Academic Center.

[Photo] DePaul raises tuition for next academic year, introduces consolidated student fee

May 21, 2025
Nidaa Nabeel guards the basketball during the iDrive basketball league on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at Woodridge Athletic Recreation Center. “I’ll never change myself for other people, so I’ll continue to wear the hijab and play basketball,” Nabeel said.

Basketball league helps young Muslim players merge faith and sports and find community

Peyton Hopp and LiLi Jarvenpa
May 12, 2025
Mike Vicente shows couples how to make a bowl at blind date night on Thursday, April 17, 2025. Vicente started hosting blind date events at PotteryChicago in Ravenswood in December 2024.

Covered in clay, open to love: pottery blind dates take shape

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
April 28, 2025
Segundo estudiante de DePaul demanda al DHS tras pérdida de visa estudiantil

Segundo estudiante de DePaul demanda al DHS tras pérdida de visa estudiantil

LiLi Jarvenpa and Rose O’Keeffe
April 23, 2025
Second DePaul student sues DHS over loss of student visa

Second DePaul student sues DHS over loss of student visa

LiLi Jarvenpa and Rose O’Keeffe
April 23, 2025
Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States pose with her bronze medals on the podium after the womens team sabre fencing event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016.

‘There is representation everywhere’: Four years after Illinois’ ‘Inclusive Athletic Attire Act’

Peyton Hopp and LiLi Jarvenpa
April 21, 2025
Imagen de primer plano: Departamento de Policía de Chicago, foto del Centro Estudiantil: LiLi Jarvenpa

Sospechoso arrestado y acusado de agresión y crimen de odio en ataque a estudiantes judíos en DePaul

LiLi Jarvenpa and Rose O’Keeffe
April 17, 2025
Imagen de primer plano: Departamento de Policía de Chicago, foto del Centro Estudiantil: LiLi Jarvenpa

Suspect arrested and charged for battery and hate crime on Jewish students at DePaul

LiLi Jarvenpa and Rose O’Keeffe
April 17, 2025
Estudiante de DePaul demanda a autoridades de inmigración tras revocar su visa estudiantil, poniendo en riesgo su graduación en junio

Estudiante de DePaul demanda a autoridades de inmigración tras revocar su visa estudiantil, poniendo en riesgo su graduación en junio

LiLi Jarvenpa and Rose O’Keeffe
April 15, 2025
BREAKING: DePaul student sues Homeland Security after losing F-1 status, leaving his graduation at stake

BREAKING: DePaul student sues Homeland Security after losing F-1 status, leaving his graduation at stake

LiLi Jarvenpa and Rose O’Keeffe
April 15, 2025
Students walk to class on Thursday, April 3, 2025, outside of the Schmitt Academic Center. Chronic absenteeism, defined by the Department of Education as missing more than 10% of the school year, has entrenched itself in students nationwide.

[Photo] Empty desks and disengagement: Rethinking attendance in a post-pandemic world

Anna Barth and Anna Retzlaff
April 7, 2025
Students walk into DePaul’s Student Center on Lincoln Park Campus on Thursday, April 3, 2025. To date, two DePaul students have lost their F-1 status and are suing the Department of Homeland Security.

Two Jewish students sue DePaul, alleging negligence after attack on campus

LiLi Jarvenpa and Sadie Springer
April 3, 2025
President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington.

Musk expands influence in Washington as DOGE gains traction

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
March 10, 2025
Organizers from Behind Enemy Lines and DePaul student protestors gather outside the DePaul University Quad on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The organization is banned from DePaul and are not allowed to be on campus grounds.

Banned organization protests by Quad, heavy police presence

LiLi Jarvenpa and Sadie Springer
March 7, 2025
Amy Colucio stands by her tent in Uptown on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Colucio and her sister have been living in a tent community since September 2024, after they were evicted from their apartment.

Chicago’s ‘One System Initiative’: A bold reform or a band-aid solution for unhoused communities?

Sarah Hendry, LiLi Jarvenpa, Mia Abraham, and Luis Caro
March 3, 2025
President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on deregulation in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Washington.

Trump reshapes policy with flurry of executive orders

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
February 3, 2025
A vendor organizes his cart of merchandise before taking off to find another location on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. There were hundreds of vendors present for Inauguration Day, crowding the streets and sidewalks.

The faces behind the booths: Inauguration Day vendors crowd the streets

LiLi Jarvenpa and Kit Wiberg
January 22, 2025
Left: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a campaign event at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) Right: Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Lee's Family Forum, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Live Updates: Harris and Trump face off in a race too close to call

The DePaulia Staff
November 5, 2024
A voter brings their completed ballot for the City of Chicago to the ballot casting station at the election Supersite at 191 North Clark on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. The steady stream of voters highlights the importance of every single ballot.

Chicago voters gear up for the 2024 election: Early voting and dodging misinformation

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
October 28, 2024
Lucas Godwin casts their ballot on the first day of early voting for the 2024 Presidential General Election, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 in Chicago.

Ballot highlights: IVF, taxes and election interference

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
October 28, 2024
Nate Benard sits at a Vote DePaul table in the Ray Meyer Fitness Center on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Vote DePaul helps DePaul students navigate the voting process.

[Photo] College voters could have a decisive impact on this presidential election

Lindsay Freiberger, Contributing Writer
October 28, 2024
FILE- Kimberlie Goldsberry, associate vice president for Student Affairs, pictured June 30, 2022, in the Lincoln Park Student Center. (Jeff Carrion, DePaul University)

Kimberlie Goldsberry announced as interim vice president for Student Affairs

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
October 17, 2024
Chicago removes ShotSpotter as the clock strikes midnight

Chicago removes ShotSpotter as the clock strikes midnight

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
September 30, 2024
Hunter Biden, right, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, arrive in federal court for jury selection for his trial on felony tax charges Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles.

Hunter Biden pleads guilty to nine charges in tax indictment to ‘spare’ his family

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
September 16, 2024
President Robert Manuel claps as faculy and staff are honored with the Spirit of DePaul award at during the Academic Convocation at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Lincoln Park on Aug. 29, 2024. In this past, Manuel's speeches have focused on DePaul's finances, but this year was centered on dialogue and the campus community.

Manuel acknowledges ‘devastating loss’ in the Middle East, emphasizes ‘dialogue’ in new academic year

LiLi Jarvenpa and Avery Schoenhals
August 29, 2024
Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, May 16, 2024.

Trump’s trials explained: A run-down of the state and federal cases

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
May 19, 2024
Trend cycles are ruining the fashion industry and environment

Trend cycles are ruining the fashion industry and environment

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
May 12, 2024
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signs the repeal of the Civil War-era near-total abortion ban, Thursday, May 2, 2024, at the Capitol in Phoenix. Democrats secured enough votes in the Arizona Senate to repeal the ban on abortions that the state's highest court recently allowed to take effect. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Arizona governor signs repeal of 1864 abortion ban

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
May 6, 2024
Preciosa Rios

‘Deep Blue’ Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention – again

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
April 28, 2024
A book fair patron laughs while browsing a selection of books on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at First Sip Cafe in Chicago. Crowds of people lined up to see the books during the adult book fair co-hosted by First Sip and Call and Response Books.

‘Grown-up book fair’ highlights authors of color and local businesses

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
March 3, 2024
Kip McCabe, a manager at Reckless Records, stands behind the counter at the record store on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. McCabe says it is gratifying to see a younger generation become interested in physical media.

Let’s keep physical media alive in a digital age

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
March 3, 2024
A Chicago abortion rights rally on Oct. 8, 2022. Protests broke out throughout the country following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

Biden rolls out new reproductive guidelines on the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
February 11, 2024
Ava Fischer, a senior political science student and DePaul voter engagement specialist, registers students to vote in the DePaul Center on the Loop Campus Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Fischer and others registered about 50 students for upcoming elections.

DePaul students voice concerns about 2024 election candidates

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
January 28, 2024
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

Trump wins New Hampshire primary, beats Nikki Haley

LiLi Jarvenpa, News Editor
January 26, 2024
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