DePaul president on waning enrollment, diversity concerns in State of University
Patsy Newitt, Assistant News Editor
October 4, 2019
DePaul’s enrollment has experienced an eight-year decline – and while President A. Gabriel Esteban stresses that he isn’t worried, he also stresses urgency. Esteban addressed faculty and staff this past Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Holtschneider Auditorium, discussing DePaul’s “Grounded in Missi...
Update: Man charged with misdemeanor after alleged knife attack on DePaul’s campus
Rachel Hinton
May 31, 2017
A 36-year-old male identified as Patrick Fallon has been charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct/ bodily harm after allegedly slashing a man with a knife near DePaul's Student Center on Tuesday. It is unconfirmed whether the altercation was related to the rally and protests near the Student Center. Fallon...
Man stabbed on DePaul’s campus during protests Tuesday night
Ben Gartland, Rachel Hinton, and Danielle Church
May 30, 2017
DePaul Public Safety confirmed multiple eyewitnesses accounts that a person was stabbed on DePaul University’s campus Tuesday evening. It is unclear whether the altercation was related to the rally held near the Student Center earlier that evening. In an email sent out to the University community...
DePaul rescinds decision to host Gavin McInnes
May 17, 2017
DePaul University President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M. sent an email to DePaul students on Tuesday afternoon announcing the administration’s decision to backpedal an invitation to entertainer and provocateur Gavin McInnes. Read More »...
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Kaitlyn Roberts
May 15, 2017
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Journalists Lester Holt, Ben Welsh honored by university
Rachel Hinton
April 23, 2017
Thursday was a day of festivities and nostalgia as DePaul’s Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence hosted NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt and data journalist for the Los Angeles Times Ben Welsh April 20 to honor the two former Chicago journalists with the center’s first journalist of...
Students explain drug usage and the easy access to them on campus
April 10, 2017
Access to prescription medications like Adderall and Xanax is, for many DePaul students, just a phone call away. Read More »...
Required alcohol education programs educate college students on risks of binge drinking
Amy Betulius
April 2, 2017
Universities have highlighted the issue of binge drinking by requiring incoming freshmen students to complete alcohol education programs such as AlcoholEdu and Haven. According to the DePaul University student affairs website, the university is one of hundreds of institutions nationwide requiring ev...
DePaul student shot after mugging
Kaitlyn Roberts
April 2, 2017
According to a Public Safety alert, an 18-year-old male DePaul student “was a victim of attempted robbery” while walking home around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. The student was “approached by two individuals who (demanded) money” on the 1100 block of W. Lill Ave. and was shot in the leg when he a...
String of crimes against students occur near Lincoln Park campus
April 2, 2017
A DePaul student was shot in the leg around 1 a.m. March 28 in an apartment on the 1100 block of West Lill Street, less than half a mile from the Lincoln Park campus. According to the Public Safety alert, “the student was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital for treatment,” where his injuries wer...
DePaul students arrested after selling Xanax to undercover police
Kaitlyn Roberts
March 30, 2017
Four DePaul University students were arrested on Tuesday, March 28 after selling over 100 Xanax pills to undercover police officers. Read More »...
University spends $35,195 on door barricades
Jess Villagomez and Sam Johnson
January 30, 2017
The university ordered 800 door barricade devices to be installed on the Lincoln Park and Loop campus classrooms in order to secure doors from outside threats, like active shooter situations. Read More »...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chicago woman has become the second U.S. patient diagnosed with the new pneumonia-like...
The 606 trail’s relationship with displacement
January 20, 2020
Last Wednesday, the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University released...
Illinois voter registration bill sparks controversy over implementation
January 20, 2020
Automatic voter registration seemed to be the only thing Illinois state Democrats...
Community theatre celebrates MLK Jr.’s legacy as civil servant and peace advocate
January 20, 2020
The Writers Theatre’s 14th tour of the MLK Project: Fight for Civil Rights...