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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

FILE- In this May 5, 2018, file photo, students attend the University of Toledo commencement ceremony in Toledo, Ohio. Colleges across the U.S. have begun cancelling and curtailing spring graduation events amid fears that the new coronavirus will not have subsided before the stretch of April and May when schools typically invite thousands of visitors to campus to honor graduating seniors.

DePaul Class of 2021 invited to participate at in-person graduation celebration events

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor / April 12, 2021

On April 12, DePaul’s Office for Academic Events sent out an email to the graduating class of 2021 announcing a “Graduation Celebration” will take place on campus. The event will allow graduating...

Chicago Police Department 9th District station at 3120 S. Halsted St.

OPINION: Qualified immunity should no longer be given to U.S. law enforcement

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief / April 11, 2021

In the wake of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, Americans need to realize that law enforcement officers should no longer be protected by qualified immunity.  The summer...

Students walk around a mostly empty campus during the pandemic.

DePaul leaders, faculty announce plans for in-person fall quarter

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor / April 11, 2021

On April 8, DePaul hosted a town hall meeting open to the public where students and parents were able to ask questions.  In his welcome statement to attendees, DePaul president A. Gabriel Esteban announced...

The statue of John J. Egan, located outside of the Lincoln Park Student Center, wearing a mask.

DePaul won’t require students to receive Covid-19 vaccine for fall quarter return despite pressure

Bella Enkhtuvshin and Rebecca Meluch / April 9, 2021

On March 25, Rutgers University released a statement announcing it will require all students enrolled for the 2021 fall semester to receive the Covid-19 vaccine prior to returning to campus.  “We...

DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

DePaul nursing students and faculty take part in vaccination efforts around city

Cailey Gleeson, News Editor / March 14, 2021

Students and faculty from DePaul’s School of Nursing (SON) are working with the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) to administer Covid-19 vaccinations around the city.  SON Director and Chief...

United Center will be home to a new COVID-19 vaccination site, with the ability to vaccinate 6,000 people a day.

United Center to become mass vaccination site

Josephine Stratman, Focus Editor / March 7, 2021

Beginning March 10, a new COVID-19 vaccination site at the United Center will vaccinate 6,000 people a day.   More than 100,000 appointments opened this week, with more coming soon, as the site is...

The statue of Father John Egan outside of DePaul's Lincoln Park campus.

Faculty Council: 92 percent of surveyed employees are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine or already have

Holly Jenvey / March 4, 2021

CORRECTION: This story and its headline have been updated to reflect that 92 percent of surveyed employees are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine or already have — not 92 percent of all employees.  At...

A Puerto Rican flag flies in front of a Walmart located at 4626 W Diversey Ave. that is conducting Covid-19 vaccines.

Covid-19 swept through communities of color. The vaccine has yet to do the same.

María Marta Guzmán, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief / February 22, 2021

As Latino and Black Chicagoans continue to experience the highest Covid-19 death rates in the city, they are receiving vaccinations at the lowest rate.  The Chicago Public Health Department (CDPH)...

Megan Dewitt inoculates Alice Collins with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a Walmart in the Austin neighborhood, of Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.  (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

OPINION: Chicago’s vaccine distribution plan is organized chaos—with dire consequences

Hayley DeSilva, Contributing Writer / February 7, 2021

As of this month, 27 million Americans have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccination.  Illinois began the first stage of its vaccine rollout plan in December 2020 with phase 1A, which...

DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

DePaul President: Fall quarter will be primarily in-person, spring to remain online

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor / February 3, 2021

University President A. Gabriel Esteban announced DePaul’s plans for the upcoming spring, summer and fall quarters in a YouTube video posted Tuesday to the university’s marketing and communications...

Cars in line at pharmacy drive through at Walgreens in River Forest, one of the few places to offer a Covid-19 vaccine in the area.

Chicago enters phase 1B of vaccine distribution—but college students will have to wait

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor / January 31, 2021

Chicago is in phase 1B of vaccine distribution as of Jan. 25 — and unless included as a front-line essential worker, college students are not covered in the new phase. Phase 1B entails vaccination eligibility...

The statue of John J. Egan, located outside of the Lincoln Park Student Center, wearing a mask.

DePaul falls short as local universities announce vaccine roll-out plans

Holly Jenvey and Cailey Gleeson / January 25, 2021

As universities around Chicago announce their plans to help vaccinate their students and faculty members against Covid-19, DePaul revealed it has no such plan at this time.  “DePaul encourages all...

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