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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

A DePaul student holds a sign at a June protest, calling for DePaul to divest from the Fraternal Order of Police.

University responds to protests regarding police affiliation

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor June 22, 2020

Interim Provost Salma Ghanem released a response to calls for the university to end it’s affiliation with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) on Monday via Newsline. The response, published under...

At a June protest calling for DePaul to divest from the Chicago Police Department, protesters take a knee on Fullerton Ave for eight minutes and 45 seconds in honor of George Floyd.

DePaul students protest university’s affiliation with Chicago police

Grace Del Vecchio June 17, 2020

On Wednesday, June 10, DePaul students took the streets of the Lincoln Park campus to demand the university divest from CPD.  Students flowed into the campus’ quad, right off Fullerton Avenue at...

Protesters march across Minneapolis on Thursday May 28 to demand justice in the killing of George Floyd.

Protests could potentially impact weakened economy

Sahil Gujarati June 15, 2020

The United States of America is experiencing one of the most painful civil disruptions in its history. Just as the country was recovering from the menacing threat of coronavirus and was reinstitutionalizing...

Officials urge George Floyd protesters to get coronavirus tests

Officials urge George Floyd protesters to get coronavirus tests

Associated Press June 7, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — With New York City poised to reopen after a more than two-month coronavirus shutdown, officials on Sunday lifted a curfew that was in place amid protests of police brutality and racial...

A screenshot of the petition, which has amassed over 28,000 signatures.

DePaul students achieve final exam exemptions after circulating petition

Keira Wingate and Emma Oxnevad June 5, 2020

After enduring stress from the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of George Floyd and the subsequent nationwide protests, the thought of completing final exams became an unbearable burden for junior Troi Davis. “The...

A masked protester holds a sign and flowers.

COLUMN: Dear white people, we need to do more

Carly Travis June 4, 2020

Dear fellow white people, Now is not the time. It’s not the time to post on Instagram a picture of yourself in a bikini, a throwback of you and the boys hitting the shotski, or a video of you bouncing...

Un hombre lleva una bandera mexicana en una motocicleta detrás de la caravana de La Villita.
A man wears a Mexican flag on a motorcycle behind the Little Village caravan.

La comunidad latinx se une para defender vidas afroamericanas ante protestas en Chicago

Chants of “your fight is my fight” were heard from the Latinx community as they gathered in solidarity for the death of George Floyd on Saturday, May 30.  Waving their flags in front of the Discount...

A man wears a Mexican flag on a motorcycle behind the Little Village Caravan

Latinx community unites to advocate for Black lives amid Chicago protests

Chants of “tu lucha es mi lucha” —  “your struggle is my struggle” — were heard coming from the Latinx community as they gathered in solidarity over the death of George Floyd on Saturday,...

People gather on Friday May 29 at a memorial mural painted outside the Cup Foods store on Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis where George Floyd died at the hands of police.

Killing of George Floyd ignites nationwide unrest

MINNEAPOLIS — Last night a crowd outside Minneapolis Police’s 3rd Precinct chanting a chorus of “Whose streets? Our streets!” echoed as flames coming from within the police headquarters licked...

Protests show multicultural unity

Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor July 18, 2016

This past weekend, downtown Chicago had a large array of protests deriving from its streets. Among the yearly Taste of Chicago festival taking place on Columbus drive, there were Black Lives Matter...

(Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)

Clinton hits Springfield, addresses ‘a house divided’

Brenden Moore July 13, 2016

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In the place Abraham Lincoln spoke to a house divided and where Barack Obama began his historic run to the White House, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton...

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