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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

The Harrison, left, and Dever water intake cribs sit near Navy Pier in 2022. Dever is the most recent of the cribs built in 1935.

Encyclopedia DePaulia: Where Chicago gets its water

Matthew Warakomski, Contributing Writer / May 5, 2025

They sit as lonely sentinels out on Lake Michigan. Some look like lighthouses, others like circus tents. Why are they there? How did they get out there? More importantly, what are they?  Some know...

DePaul's six-year-old crew club gathers into their 60-foot boat and pushes off the dock for practice along the Chicago River.

DePaul crew club takes to the Chicago River

Jonathan Ballew, Assistant News Editor / May 29, 2018

While most college students are fast asleep after a night of studying — or, more likely, a night out at the bars — Hayes Kennedy can be found waking up at 5 a.m. to make it to a small blue boat...

Rock the Boat: Chicago River's untapped potential

Rock the Boat: Chicago River’s untapped potential

Jake Ekdahl / September 26, 2016

From its days of industrial domination to modern recreation, the Chicago River has enabled the city to prosper. Chicago’s location at the meeting point between the river and Lake Michigan proved to be...

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