DePaul finds true love with their Romeo

Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter

May 22, 2018

Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Showcase, Sports

The DePaul Blue Demon men's basketball team just received a verbal commitment from a potentially program-changing recruit. On an Instagram live video taken in his high school gymnasium, class of 2019 four-star small forward Romeo Weems picked the Blue Demons over Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State,...

Chicago has my heart: College artists help create new pedway mural

Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor

May 21, 2018

Filed under Art, Arts/Life, Showcase

Underneath Randolph St., only a block away from Michigan Ave. in the Heritage Pedway, DePaul junior Amoz Wright and School of the Art Institute (SAIC) sophomore Sarah Wilson were in the zone. Wilson, sitting high up on a ladder, was painting the face of Chicagoan and photographer René Marban. Sitti...

Moore, Greenwood tabbed as All-Great Lakes Region honorees

Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter

May 17, 2018

Filed under Softball, Women's Sports

Fresh off Big East Conference regular season and tournament championships, two DePaul Blue Demon softball players are again putting their team in the news for all the right reasons. Today, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) named Blue Demon freshman pitcher Pat Moore and junior catcher...

Greenwood honored as CoSIDA Academic All-District

May 11, 2018

Filed under Softball, Women's Sports

You can do both. Standout DePaul Blue Demon catcher and third baseman Morgan Greenwood earned a spot on the 2018 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Google Cloud Academic All-District Softball First Team for District 5. With this designation under her belt, Greenwood is now eligible...

Blankson back as Blue Demon women’s basketball assistant coach

Paul Steeno

May 4, 2018

Filed under Basketball, Sports, Women's Sports

A familiar face will be back in an assistant coaching role for the DePaul women's basketball program during the 2018-2019 season. Candis Blankson, formerly the Director of Corporate, Professional, and Community Relations for the program, will now serve as an assistant coach. She has been part of the...

United Front: Students protest gun violence in South Side march

William Sullivan, Contributing Writer

April 23, 2018

Filed under News

DePaul students from a variety of political and activist groups on campus joined high school students in a surprise march on the South Side on April 20. Friday was the 19th anniversary of the Columbine massacre. In remembrance of the 1999 school shooting that left 13 dead, students nationwide staged school wal...

The long ride north

Benjamin Conboy, Managing Editor

April 23, 2018

Filed under News

On the night of May 7, 2013, Kevin Ambrose left his house near East 48th St. and Prairie Ave. on the South Side to go meet a friend at the 47th Green Line station, only one block north of his house. Ambrose’s neighborhood could be dangerous at night, so he would always meet his friends at the CTA st...

‘Doppelgänger’ brings farce to Chicago

Zoey Barnes, Focus Editor

April 23, 2018

Filed under Arts/Life, Theater

A recent DePaul graduate walks on stage in front of a completely filled audience, before fluffing pillows on a brown, leather couch center stage and spreading assorted African flora around the room. Not long after, Rainn Wilson, known for his role as Dwight in “The Office,” follows her. Clad in ...

Casati honored as athlete of the week

Paul Steeno

April 19, 2018

Filed under Men's Sports, Sports, Tennis

Spearheading a 2-0 week for the DePaul Blue Demon men's tennis team has earned DePaul sophomore Christopher Casati the first Big East Athlete of the Week accolade of his collegiate career. With the score knotted at three apiece against Butler University last Friday, the Deerfield, Ill. native squeaked...

Mada, Gates honored as Big East Field Athletes of the Week

Paul Steeno

April 16, 2018

Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports

It's a double dosage of Blue Demons in the Big East Conference honors list for track and field this week. In a result that surprised nobody, junior jumper Brian Mada earned Big East Men's Field Athlete of the Week. Mada won both the long jump and the triple jump at the Illinois Twilight meet on Saturday...

Mada’s double win earns him Big East Weekly Honors

Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter

April 10, 2018

Filed under Men's Sports, Track & Field

DePaul Blue Demon track and field athlete Brian Mada jumped his way to another Big East Field Athlete of the Week honor after winning the long jump and triple jump at the Baylor Invitational on Saturday. The junior leaped 7.37 meters in the long jump to edge out Baylor freshman Jalen Seals (7.36 meters)...

A paper tour of the Chicago skyline

Zoey Barnes, Focus Editor

April 9, 2018

Filed under Focus

Chicago became the birthplace of the skyscraper when the whopping 10-story tall Home Insurance Company building was built in 1884. Prior to that year, all buildings were only five stories, so the building at the corner of LaSalle and Adams revolutionized architecture. Chicago has continued to create vis...