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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

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

Twelve strangers arrive at a third-floor loft space in Ravenswood, Chicago, to learn how to throw pottery. But they are there for another reason, too. Blind dates. Mike Vicente plays matchmaker two...

Sophomore Julia Dougarian and director Katie Sullivan knit pieces during a meeting of Crafting for a Cause. A subgroup of Catholic Campus Ministry, the group meets weekly as both an opportunity to share in their love of crafting and to give back to the community. Many of their blankets and scarves are donated to the needy, sometimes through the St. Vincent DePaul Center. (Emily Brandenstein / The DePaulia)

Bringing crafty back: Crafting for a Cause at DePaul gives back

Colin Sallee / March 1, 2015

Creating new things with just two hands and some tools is a rarity for many college students. But Crafting for a Cause, a subgroup of the Catholic Campus Ministry, is trying to change that. The group...

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