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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Sarah Bockting-Conrad runs her final training session before the marathon on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. This year’s Chicago Marathon is the first marathon Bockting-Conrad is participating in.

Chicago’s community laces up to cheer on the Chicago Marathon: “more than a million” supporters line the course

Brielle Kohlbeck and Annie Koziel October 21, 2024

The Chicago Marathon kicked off Sunday morning in Grant Park for its 46th year. Since its first race in 1977, more than one million runners have crossed the finish line, including a record 52,150 runners...

Customers Michael and Hillary Klabisch browse the retro candy at Candyality May 11, 2024. "This candy is like a song that you hear and you go right back to that moment," Hillary said. "Some of these candies bring you exactly right back to that moment or memory again."

Candyality’s new owners, same nostalgic taste

Claire Tweedie, Former Editor in Chief October 7, 2024

Picking through the glass jars of retro candy, customer Michael Klabisch begins pointing out the nostalgic tastes of his childhood. There’s the butterscotch button candies, an eye-catching yellow...

Community members watch a presentation at the Explore ChiVes event in DePaul’s new Spark Center on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Curran hopes events like these will spread the word and enable community organizing. The center can fit over 50 people.

SPARK Center debuts with environmental data-driven neighborhood project

Jeremy Battle, Asst. Photo Editor September 30, 2024

Featuring a massive LED display wall and two mounted touch screens on each side of the room, DePaul’s brand-new SPARK Center opened its doors to its first-ever event, Explore ChiVes, on Sept. 17. Dozens...

On Sunday, May 12, walking club Chicago Girls Who Walk hosted a Mother's Day riverwalk to celebrate the holiday. The 1.5 mile walk began at the intersection of West Wacker Drive and West Lake Street and ended at Pioneer Court.

Mothers join together to to celebrate Mother’s Day with loved ones on Chicago’s Riverwalk

Maddie Champan, Contributing Writer May 19, 2024

On Sunday, May 12, family members gathered together to celebrate Mother’s Day on Chicago’s Riverwalk, hosted by Chicago Girls Who Walk. This walking club hosts weekly events that allow participants...

A vending machine stocked with narcan and other forms of aid stands on the 3rd floor of Harold Washington Library in the Loop on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Machines like this are being installed in locations across the city as a way of making life-saving medication more accessible.

Fentanyl taking more students lives

Anna Radloff, Contributing Writer April 28, 2024
Several fentanyl overdose deaths  locally have involved college students and teenagers.
A CTA passenger gazes out the window into the Loop on an Orange Line train on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. The CTA has taken steps in recent months to crack down on prohibited behaviors on trains and buses.

To sit or to stand: Why CTA etiquette is so important

Nadine DeCero, Social Media Editor February 18, 2024

“Did your bag pay a fare too?” “Eating, drinking and smoking are prohibited on CTA vehicles.”  “Standing passengers, please do not lean against the doors.” “Keep your personal music...

‘Bring Chicago Home’ referendum rallies support and sparks concerns among developers

‘Bring Chicago Home’ referendum rallies support and sparks concerns among developers

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief February 18, 2024
The consistent revenue from this tax raise would be used to create quality affordable housing and other services for Chicago’s 68,400 people experiencing homelessness.
Dozens gather in Chicago City Hall in support for a cease-fire in Gaza on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Chicago is the biggest city to pass a resolution for a cease-fire.

Chicago City Council passes resolution for cease-fire in Gaza: 23-23 vote

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief February 4, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson casting the tie-breaking vote in the symbolic decision.
Know your rights: Student tenants' guide to Chicago winter renting

Know your rights: Student tenants’ guide to Chicago winter renting

Addison Rogers, Contributing Writer February 4, 2024
This past January, Chicagoans cozied up indoors due to below-freezing temperatures and opaque fog.
Treatment Not Trauma: Brandon Johnson's mental health plans

Treatment Not Trauma: Brandon Johnson’s mental health plans

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief January 28, 2024
Six closed clinics later, Chicago residents continue to lack accessible mental health resources. Four of the closed clinics were in neighborhoods on the South Side.
An elderly man warms his hands by the fire he created across the street from a homeless encampment under a major interstate freeway Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Chicago. Millions of Americans face below-zero temperatures as storms bring a blast of Arctic air, snow and ice.

Below-zero temperatures raise concern for Chicago’s unhoused

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief January 21, 2024
Chicago endured a cold spell last week, bringing snow and below-freezing temperatures dipping into the negatives with extreme windchill.
Hot dogs are served to migrants, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, outside a Northside police station where they live in a small tent community in Chicago.

‘Please support us as human beings’: Chicago’s escalating migrant crisis prompts short-term remedies

Nadine DeCero, Social Media Editor November 10, 2023
Jose Bayona, a migrant from Venezuela, has been in Chicago for only a few days since we spoke to him on October 13th
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