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Rebecca Meluch

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor

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

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

Some graduates will never be in a classroom again. Others made sure they will.

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
June 7, 2021
Emma and her daughter, Juniper, in a rocking chair at her former professor's house.

After unenrolling from DePaul, a young mother wishes to return and keep on learning

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
June 6, 2021
Dr. Craig Klugman, a professor of health sciences.

Dr. Craig Klugman: The professor whose name we should all know by now

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
June 7, 2021
DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

Uncovering DePaul’s connections with Raytheon Technologies

Rebecca Meluch and Nadia Carolina Hernandez
June 7, 2021
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.

Woman killed by car in front of CDM building

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 31, 2021
Former professor Norman Finkelstein is demanding DePaul issue him an apology, alleging the university ruined his academic career.

EXCLUSIVE: Norman Finkelstein requests apology from DePaul

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 23, 2021
The statue of John J. Egan, located outside of the Lincoln Park Student Center, wearing a mask.

DePaul: No current plan to drop mask mandate despite new CDC guidelines

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 16, 2021
Still from "Invincible."

REVIEW: ‘Invincible’ is not just about superheroes, but the vulnerability of humanity

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 16, 2021
FILE-Watfae Zayed (left) and Kevin Holechko (right) were named next year's Student Government Association president and vice president.

SGA election: Watfae Zayed, Kevin Holechko voted next president and vice president

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 14, 2021
FILE-Sherri Sidler, Controller, DePaul University. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

DePaul appoints Sherri Sidler as executive vice president

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 14, 2021
A man in Wicker Park sporting a mask while riding a divvy bike.

Car to Cargo bike: The rise of the cycling community in Chicago

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 9, 2021
A student walks along the Quad, located in Lincoln Park.

Incoming Blue Demons prepare for 2021 school year

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 9, 2021
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 2, 2021
Three Columbia College Chicago students plan in-person college graduation

Three Columbia College Chicago students plan in-person college graduation

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
April 12, 2021
DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

DePaul revises and adopts new mission statement

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

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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
April 11, 2021
Students walk around a mostly empty campus during the pandemic.

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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Bella Enkhtuvshin and Rebecca Meluch
April 9, 2021
DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

31 DePaul administrators, deans release statement condemning hate

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
March 31, 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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
March 14, 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

Emma Oxnevad, Rebecca Meluch, and Cailey Gleeson
March 14, 2021
Zoom offers access to world amid Covid-19

Zoom offers access to world amid Covid-19

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
March 2, 2021
Dan O’Conor dives into Lake Michigan Feb. 26.

Diving In: The Great Lake jumper Dan O’Conor

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
February 28, 2021
Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke play lifelong best friends in "Firefly Lane," created by Maggie Friedman.

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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
February 14, 2021
The author and her father.

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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
February 7, 2021
A Red Line train stopped at Randolph in The Loop.

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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Izabella Grimaldo, Rebecca Meluch, Emma Oxnevad, and Marcus Robertson
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

Izabella Grimaldo, Rebecca Meluch, Emma Oxnevad, and Marcus Robertson
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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.

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
October 18, 2020
Still from "The Last Temptation of Christ" which was met with a lot of backlash from Christian groups in the United States.

Movies don’t have to be bloody to be banned

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
October 11, 2020
OPINION: Universities are approaching sexual assault prevention wrong

OPINION: Universities are approaching sexual assault prevention wrong

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
October 4, 2020
DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

University fails to inform community of summer on-campus crime

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
September 20, 2020
Having the COVID-19 conversation with your roommates

Having the COVID-19 conversation with your roommates

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Keira Wingate and Rebecca Meluch
June 14, 2020
Lollapalooza in 2015

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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Keira Wingate and Rebecca Meluch
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

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
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

Keira Wingate and Rebecca Meluch
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

Emma Oxnevad and Rebecca Meluch
April 21, 2020
OPINION: Self care more important than productivity during pandemic

OPINION: Self care more important than productivity during pandemic

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
April 18, 2020
Staying healthy while keeping the relationship healthy

Staying healthy while keeping the relationship healthy

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

DePaul cancels all Summer 2020 study abroad trips

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
March 13, 2020
Her story: Women across the world are making history theirs

Her story: Women across the world are making history theirs

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
March 8, 2020
Not just a wife: celebrating the women behind famous men

Not just a wife: celebrating the women behind famous men

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
March 1, 2020
OPINION: Harvey Weinstein: Where do we go from here?

OPINION: Harvey Weinstein: Where do we go from here?

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
March 1, 2020
Key: Solid green: caucus states Striped green: recently changed to primaries

Election for dummies

Rebecca Meluch and Joshua Kaufman
February 23, 2020
Relationship advice for when the honeymoon phase ends

Relationship advice for when the honeymoon phase ends

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
February 16, 2020
How a DePaulia writer came to terms with her breakup near Valentine’s Day

How a DePaulia writer came to terms with her breakup near Valentine’s Day

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
February 10, 2020
Full cast of "Knives Out," which earned a 97 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

REVIEW: ‘Knives Out’ murders all expectations

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
February 3, 2020
Fans mourn Kobe Bryant outside of the Staples Center on January 26, 2020.

OPINION: Reporters did wrong by Kobe and Gianna Bryant

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
February 3, 2020
Kaitlin Bennett interviews an unseen subject at Rutgers University.

OPINION: Kaitlin Bennett’s soiled plan for attention

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
January 26, 2020
REVIEW: '1917' a one-take film following a one-take mission

REVIEW: ‘1917’ a one-take film following a one-take mission

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
January 26, 2020
Weeding out misconceptions about recreational cannabis in Illinois

Weeding out misconceptions about recreational cannabis in Illinois

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
January 20, 2020
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, pictured on their wedding day.

OPINION: When the fairy tale is over

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
January 20, 2020

OPINION: Catcalls are not compliments

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
December 21, 2019
‘Ok boomer’ unites younger generations against older ones, stirs controversy between them

‘Ok boomer’ unites younger generations against older ones, stirs controversy between them

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
November 18, 2019
Jack Stevens, senior, enjoys thrifting to protect the environment.

Fall fashion trends on the rise as temperatures drop

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
November 11, 2019
President Donald Trump is dominating the media’s attention for the Republican primary.

OPINION: Opposing 2020 Republican candidates noticeably missing from media narrative

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
October 21, 2019
In this Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 file photo, Ferntree, of Duncan, British Columbia, a member of the Cowichan Tribes, holds her hand up as a prayer is given during a Native American protest against Columbus Day in Seattle.

More cities pushing to replace Columbus Day

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
October 14, 2019
Large labs and lecture halls tend to leave seats empty because of cap-sized classrooms, leaving many students without a required course.

Just ahead of Winter Quarter registration, science students worry they will struggle getting into required classes

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
October 7, 2019

DePaul students talk pros and cons of DePaul Greek life amid recruitment

Hannah Mitchell and Rebecca Meluch
September 30, 2019
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