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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia
The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia
The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia
Nika Schoonover

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor

Nika is the Print Managing Editor for the DePaulia and an undergraduate student studying journalism and political science. She loves watching stand-up specials, listening to jazz (with some lively brass), and dancing.

All content by Nika Schoonover
New president looks to bring fresh vision

New president looks to bring fresh vision

Nika Schoonover and Lawrence Kreymer
May 15, 2022
Stephanie Hsu (left), Michelle Yeoh (middle) and Ke Huy Quan (right) star within "Everything Everywhere All at Once," which was released on March 30.

Looking for common ground: “Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” represents a possibility of understanding in tense parental relationships

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
May 15, 2022
‘It hasn’t sunk in yet’: Esteban preparing to leave, reflects on last 5 years

‘It hasn’t sunk in yet’: Esteban preparing to leave, reflects on last 5 years

Nika Schoonover, Lawrence Kreymer, and Nadia Carolina Hernandez
May 8, 2022
‘Father Stu’ is surprisingly impactful, emphasizes the power of faith

‘Father Stu’ is surprisingly impactful, emphasizes the power of faith

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
April 10, 2022
Letter from the Editor: Disabling the gender guise

Letter from the Editor: Disabling the gender guise

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
March 13, 2022
Long distance caller: Communication is key when your partner is far away

Long distance caller: Communication is key when your partner is far away

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
March 7, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, poses for a portrait, Friday, Feb., 18, 2022, at the court in Washington.President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation.

Biden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, DePaul faculty reflect on diversity in law

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
February 28, 2022
Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx speaks during a Chicago Police Department press conference in Bronzeville on Jan. 26, 2022. Foxx also participated in a press conference with DePaul student media on Feb. 17, 2022. (AP | Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx continues to push for special prosecutors, independent panel

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
February 27, 2022
Schlesinger

Celebrating Traci Schlesinger’s life, accomplishments

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 31, 2022
FILE - In this May 17, 2018, file photo, new graduates line up before the start of the Bergen Community College commencement at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. There’s no single policy or action that will alleviate America’s $1.74 trillion student loan debt crisis while simultaneously preventing students from taking on unaffordable amounts of future debt. Higher education financing experts are divided on the exact combination of solutions, but all agree it will require a multipronged approach. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

DePaul continues to plan for an in-person commencement, past graduates will not be honored in this year’s celebration

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 30, 2022
In person classes will resume Jan. 18, 2022; however, students will not have to show any proof of a negative Covid-19 test or require a booster shot

Faculty Council votes for university-wide booster mandate

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 12, 2022
Art by Alicia Goluszka

Former DePaul professor who sued university regarding tenure files for summary judgment

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 10, 2022
“Nightmare Alley” is a disturbing depiction of the dangers of greed

“Nightmare Alley” is a disturbing depiction of the dangers of greed

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 9, 2022
Current governor-elect Glenn Youngkin speaks to supporters during a rally Nov. 1, 2021. (Credit: Steve Helber | Associated Press)

A look into Youngkin’s win in Virginia

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
November 15, 2021
The lobby of the Office Experience.

The Office Experience brings Scranton to Chicago

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
November 7, 2021
Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, speaks to supporters at a rally in Richmond, Va. on Oct. 31, 2021 (Steve Helber| AP)

Gubernatorial elections show close divide in party politics

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
November 1, 2021
Courtesy of DePaul University/Randall Spriggs

In State of the University, faculty pushes back on Esteban’s assessment of progress

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 27, 2021
President Esteban stands on stage while Sherri Sidler, a member of the president's cabinent speaks in front.

President Esteban gives his last State of the University address, faculty and staff express concerns of burnout

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 24, 2021
Election worker Mike Vanderpool inspect mail-in ballots to be sure they are signed, at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters Office in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Tuesday is last day for California voters to cast their ballots in the recall election that could remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from the governor's office. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The pandemic increases the availability of mail-in ballots for California voters, may become law

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 20, 2021
Golda Rosheuvel (front) in 'Bridgerton'. IMDB

‘The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’ brings the ideas of two content creators to life

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 19, 2021
FILE-Illinois 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.

New ethics reform in Illinois seeks to offset the state’s reputation for corruption

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
June 7, 2021
Illinois State Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield, makes the case that new legislative maps are partisan as he joins Illinois House and Senate Republicans outside Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's office to urge him to veto the redrawn Illinois legislative maps during a press conference at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Saturday, May 29, 2021. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)

Redistricting process goes to bipartisan commission after June 30

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
May 31, 2021
FILE-Elizabeth Quirmbach, right, registers Ayuka Sinanoglu, center, a Sophomore at the UW on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2020 outside of the UW Memorial Union in Madison, Wis. A small but steady stream of masked UW-Madison students stopped by voter registration tables outside the unions last week to perform their civic duty. Madison City Clerk’s office employees helped them through the paperwork, sanitized their used pens and talked among themselves as they waited for the next students to filter into the fairly empty tents.(Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Young voters increased turnout by 11 points in 2020 election

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
May 9, 2021
FILE-Illinois State Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, casts his vote for Illinois State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, to be Illinois Speaker of the House as lawmakers cast their votes for the 102nd General Assembly for the Illinois House of Representatives at the Bank of Springfield Center, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)

Illinois sees a massive population decline in the last decade, will lose one congressional seat

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
May 2, 2021
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., listens as his panel holds a markup of a bill to create a commission to study and address social disparities in the African American community today. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What to know about H.R. 40: The House Reparations Bill

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
April 25, 2021
President Joe Biden waves as he departs after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The climate crisis is embedded in Biden’s American Jobs Plan

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
April 12, 2021
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question during a news conference at the State Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Atlanta, about Major League Baseball's decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over the league's objection to a new Georgia voting law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Georgia remains central in voting rights debate, raises questions about the Senate filibuster

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
April 11, 2021
FILE - This May 8, 2008, file photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies in Philadelphia. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday, March 12, 2021 that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun, with the aim of having the first payments start showing up in bank accounts this weekend. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

College students who are dependents can now receive stimulus payments

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
March 14, 2021
President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. Listening are from left, Larry Kudlow, White House chief economic adviser, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty of Calif.

OPINION: America was woefully unprepared for the pandemic

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
March 14, 2021
Alec Baldwin portraying then-President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live," a role that won him high praise and accolades.

OPINION: Comedy further engages political audiences

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
March 7, 2021
President Joe Biden waves as he arrives for Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden’s American Rescue Plan approved in the Senate

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
March 7, 2021
Former President Donald Trump waves as he disembarks from his final flight on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republicans search for party identity in wake of Trump presidency

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
February 28, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event to announce his choice of retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

OPINION: Executive Orders are necessary against the backdrop of a polarized Congress

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
February 14, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks with reporters after stepping off Air Force One at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Del., Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Biden is spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden pandemic response strategy aims to rebuild public trust, increase vaccine rollout

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
February 14, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks with reporters after stepping off Air Force One at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Del., Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Biden is spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden promised to prioritize immigration. Will he follow through?

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
February 10, 2021
Former President Donald Trump waves as he disembarks from his final flight on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Political Science Department discusses impeachment, inauguration in virtual panel

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 21, 2021
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt delivers remarks on proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act, at the White House in Washington. In Trump's presidency, fact checking became a cottage industry unto itself. And “alternative facts" became a buzzphrase, coined by one of his admiring aides. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

What to know about impeachment ahead of the inauguration

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 18, 2021
FILE-Illinois State Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, casts his vote for Illinois State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, to be Illinois Speaker of the House as lawmakers cast their votes for the 102nd General Assembly for the Illinois House of Representatives at the Bank of Springfield Center, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)

Emmanuel ‘Chris’ Welch tasked with bringing Illinois into a new era as Speaker of the House

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 18, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden campaigns in Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, for Senate candidates Raphael Warnock, center, and Jon Ossoff, left. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Black voters essential to Democrat win in Georgia

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 9, 2021
Signs targeting President Trump at a gathering outside Trump Tower held by Refuse Fascism.

Local organizers gather at Trump Tower to protest violence at U.S. Capitol

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 6, 2021
Gloria Steinem speaking with supporters at the Women Together Arizona Summit at Carpenters Local Union in Phoenix, Arizona.

Gloria Steinem, notable feminist leaders discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
November 12, 2020
Protesters rally on the Federal Plaza inside the Loop during a global climate change march Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in Chicago.

Climate change weighs heavily on voters as election nears

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
November 2, 2020
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump, Biden face off in final presidential debate

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
October 23, 2020
People wait in line to early vote at the Loop Super Site in downtown Chicago, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Political Science professors discuss 2020 election in a virtual panel

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
October 23, 2020
FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2020, file photo, nurse practitioner Debbi Hinderliter, left, collects a sample from a woman at a coronavirus testing site near the nation's busiest pedestrian border crossing in San Diego. The credibility of two top public health agencies is on the line after controversial decisions that outside experts say suggest political pressure from the Trump administration. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention triggered a backlash from the medical community by rewriting its guidelines to recommend less testing. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Covid testing materials taken from ISU back to government

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
October 18, 2020
Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News listens as President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump, Biden face off in chaotic first debate

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 30, 2020
Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks after President Donald Trump announced her as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump taps Chicago-based Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 27, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. Biden generated headlines in February with a debate-stage promise to name the first Black female Supreme Court justice if he wins the White House. Since then, the Democratic presidential nominee has said little about the court. He's resisted calls from President Donald Trump, Republicans and even some Democrats to release a list of potential nominees (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

What to know before watching the first presidential debate

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 27, 2020
Official event image for Lunch with Vincent.

First Lunch with Vincent of fall quarter addresses diversity efforts

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 23, 2020
People gather at the Supreme Court to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Nation remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Nika Schoonover and Marcus Robertson
September 20, 2020
President Donald Trump participates in a Latinos for Trump Coalition roundtable at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump promises forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 13, 2020
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, a person drops applications for mail-in-ballots into a mail box in Omaha, Neb. Mail voting is starting in the presidential election as North Carolina is sending out its first batch of ballots. The battleground state on Friday begins to send out about 600,000 ballots to voters who've requested them. Those voters are overwhelmingly Democrats and independents, reflecting a partisan split in voting methods that's developed since President Trump started attacking mail voting in March. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Illinois State Board of Elections encourages early voting

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
September 6, 2020
Mayor Lori Lightfoot answers a reporter's question during a news conference to provide an update to the latest efforts by the Racial Equity Rapid Response Team in Chicago on Monday, April 20, 2020.

Organizers call for Lightfoot to de-escalate police department

Cailey Gleeson and Nika Schoonover
September 4, 2020
Protesters gather near DePaul University's Loop Campus August 1 for the Solidarity Street: Abolish CPD Block Party.

University students protest school contracts with Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police

Nadia Carolina Hernandez and Nika Schoonover
August 2, 2020
DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

DePaul interim provost discusses fall quarter, online learning at virtual seminar

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
July 30, 2020
Miracle Boyd, 18, an activist with GoodKids MadCity, hugs a supporter as she speaks during a press conference in front of a statue of President George Washington near East 51st Street and South King Drive, describing a recent violent encounter she had with Chicago Police, Monday morning, July 20, 2020. Boyd was participating in a Friday evening protest against a statue of Christopher Columbus in Grant Park, when she alleges she had several teeth knocked out by a Chicago Police officer. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Incoming DePaul student assaulted by police speaks out against violence

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
July 24, 2020
Protesters take a knee near the Lincoln Park Quad.

DePaul students again protest university’s affiliation with Chicago police

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
June 29, 2020
Le'Denise Henderson, a Chartwells barista who was laid off, speaks to protesters.

Chartwells employees, students advocate for laid-off workers

Nika Schoonover and Marcus Robertson
June 20, 2020
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, along with other health officials, gives a daily update on the coronavirus outbreak in Illinois, Monday, April 13, 2020, in Chicago.

Governors around nation take action against COVID-19

Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer
April 14, 2020
DePaul’s third annual President’s Lecture series featured Jose Antonio Vargas, an immigrant from the Phillippines and founder of the nonprofit Define America.

Immigrant organization founder spoke about misconception of undocumented citizens

Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer
November 18, 2019
This image released by the Department of Defense on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, and displayed at a Pentagon briefing, shows an image of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Who was mysterious Islamic State group leader al-Baghdadi?

Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer
November 11, 2019
In a performance from 2017, alumna Nelly Mueller presents her speech “Careening Out of Complacency” at TEDxDePaulUniversity. The course prepares students for performance and public speeches in a professional and recognizable environment.

Two-credit course allows DePaul students to experiment with public speaking on major platform

Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer
October 27, 2019
From left to right: Wayne Steger, Joe R. Tufoya, David Williams and Valerie C. Johnson took part in the impeachment discussion on Oct. 2.

‘Organic process’ of impeachment discussed at DePaul event

Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer
October 3, 2019

Thrift shoppers’ focus shift from economy to environment

Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer
September 23, 2019
Five diners inspired by the recent "This American Life" re-broadcast to revisit the historic eatery.

OPINION: Golden Apple of my eye

Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer
May 20, 2019
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