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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Fall quarter a ‘huge puzzle’ as DePaul plans for students’ return to campus

Fall quarter a ‘huge puzzle’ as DePaul plans for students’ return to campus

Ella Lee, Print Managing Editor May 22, 2020

Social distancing from classmates in larger rooms, splitting classes into multiple rooms and “Zoom-ing in” from home — these are just a few of the ideas that top administrators are weighing for students’...

Quarantine dreamin’

Quarantine dreamin’

Carly Travis May 21, 2020

Money, politics, sex and religion. Those are among the top taboo conversations topics in America. Dreams are right up there with them. When it comes to talking about what happened in our dreams,...

Allstate Arena will be one of two sites to host commencement ceremonies on Sunday. Many undergraduates receiving their diplomas will face the question of whether to go to graduate school and when. (Photo courtesy of Angie Linder)

DePaul plans virtual commencement for Class of 2020

Regina Bressanelli May 21, 2020

On March 27, DePaul announced it would cancel traditional in-person commencement ceremonies in favor of a “series of virtual ceremonies” to be held June 13.  DePaul’s leadership team in consultation...

Looking back on Chicago colleges’ remote spring semesters

Looking back on Chicago colleges’ remote spring semesters

Kinise Jordan May 21, 2020

Governor J.B. Pritzker announced the closing of all schools in Illinois, on March 13, as part of the state’s plan to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Illinois schools were initially set to close from...

FILE- The Music Box Theatre, located in Lakeview.

What I miss the most: going to the movies

Abby Yimer May 21, 2020

“Please post, talk, and text after the show. Don’t ruin the movie.” I can hear that message echoing through the theater but don’t remember the last time that I was seated, popcorn in hand, getting...

New Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, center, and others wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic during session at the State Capitol, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Springfield, Ill.

Illinois lawmakers, 6 feet apart, catch up on delayed work

Associated Press May 20, 2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois legislators approved extraordinary safety rules Wednesday as they convened for the first time in 10 weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic, prompting the highly unusual...

Protesters rally outside the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago, calling for Gov. J.B. Pritzker to reopen Illinois, Saturday, May 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Pritzker outlines ‘Restore Illinois’ plan as groups, other states look toward reopening

Daniel Berry May 20, 2020

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has released a five-phase reopening plan for Illinois as states begin to look toward reopening their economies and public spaces as COVID-19 infection rates decrease.   As...

Estudiantes hablando en la emisora de deportes de DePaul.

COVID-19 tiene a emisoras de deportes luchando por encontrar nuevas formas de producir contenido

Ernesto Hernandez, Assistant Sports Editor May 20, 2020

Las emisoras de deportes han tenido que cambiar sus métodos de operación para continuar sus programaciones regulares en medio del coronavirus.  Mitch Rosen, director de operaciones de 607 The Score,...

Handshakes may not survive the coronavirus pandemic

Handshakes may not survive the coronavirus pandemic

Abbas Dahodwala May 18, 2020

Greetings that involve any type of contact have become rare as COVID-19 has forced people to practice social distancing. Many of the normal daily greetings like the handshake, the fist bump and the dap...

Tyrone Keoton Jr., is handed an unemployment benefit application form by a security guard behind the glass doors of this state WIN Job Center in north Jackson, Miss., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The job centers lobbies are closed statewide to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The agency encourages residents to apply for their benefits on line, however, the system has been stressed by the large numbers of applicants. The local job centers are making paper unemployment applications available and applicants are filling them out and pushing them back through the mail slots or doors as well as they can.

Students weigh unemployment benefits versus part-time job pay

Keira Wingate and Rebecca Meluch May 18, 2020

David Mechura spends his shifts at Aldi sanitizing carts and allowing no more than 50 people in the store at one time. He makes sure shoppers are following new guidelines Aldi is practicing in order to...

University of California at Berkeley graduate Tyler Lyson stands in front of Sproul Hall on the closed Cal campus in Berkeley, Calif., on Monday, May 11, 2020. Lyson watched his parents’ financial collapse in the Great Recession, a decade ago. He vowed he’d find the security they never had: He would get a college degree.

Fear of the future: Class of 2020 enters a world in crisis

Associated Press May 18, 2020

Tyler Lyson watched his parents’ financial collapse in the Great Recession, a decade ago. He vowed he’d find the security they never had: He would get a college degree. The 27-year-old won a full...

Reopen Illinois protesters rally outside Thompson Center in downtown Chicago, Saturday, May 16, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

OPINION: Anti-lockdown protesters are missing the point

Fatima Zaidi May 18, 2020

“Reopen Ohio!” “Show us the data!”  These were among some of the several chants echoing outside Ohio’s Statehouse in Columbus, demanding facts and answers as citizens protested against the...

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