EDITORIAL: The Daily Northwestern’s clumsy editorial was a well-intentioned attempt at ethical journalism, but set a dangerous precedent
November 18, 2019
When the Daily Northwestern published its editorial last week apologizing to students for publishing photos of them protesting former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ visit to campus, journalists from across the country took aim at the student newspaper. Alumni of Northwestern’s famed Medil...
EDITORIAL: DePaul Faculty Council made the right call
May 6, 2019
After the anti-hate protest on Wednesday, May 1, students and faculty were still not satisfied with the administration’s non-response to the article written by philosophy professor Jason Hill. At the current moment, the administration is not making efforts to hold Hill accountable for directly offe...
EDITORIAL: During a controversial week, The DePaulia gets advice from someone who’s been there
April 29, 2019
You might have heard by now about the swirl of controversy that The DePaulia found itself in last week. It was a tidal wave of ethical quandaries, the likes of which we have never dealt with before. We found ourselves accused of exploiting victims of sexual assault. We had hundreds of our newspapers ...
DePaul has a duty to reform discipline transparency
March 12, 2018
Last week, a DePaulia investigation, “Dysfunctional Discipline,” gave the DePaul community a rare look into the shadowy underworld that is the disciplinary process at our university. We found that the university zealously went after seven fraternity brothers accused of a victimless infraction. Tho...
New year, new office, new plans
Editorial Board
January 8, 2018
Dear readers, We’ve got exciting news to share: our office moved from the basement of University Hall to the Lower Level concourse in the DePaul Center (1 E. Jackson). Instead of being tucked away in a quiet corner of Lincoln Park, we are happy to be working out of a large, clean and professional...
