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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
Op-Ed: Does DePaul Care About Its Palestinians?

Op-Ed: Does DePaul Care About Its Palestinians?

Watfae Zayed • May 4, 2024

As we are witnessing the revolution of college students around the country, I began to reminisce on my days as a student leader at DePaul who spent many years advocating against injustices. As a student,...

A protestor holds up two pro-Palestinian signs, while fellow demonstrators chant in solidarity of Gaza on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The encampment's Divestment Teach-In was held between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

‘We plan to stay here’: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators firm in demands for divestment from Israel; encampment continues on DePaul Quad

Lilly Keller, Lucia Preziosi, Jake Cox, and Rose O’Keeffe • May 4, 2024
For several days, the Quad has been a site teeming with chants, art, prayer, shared ...
Protesters and commuters travel down the main sidewalk of DePaul University's Quad on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. On the opposite end of the quad, organizers served dinner to demonstrators and a handful of community members brought by donations of toiletries, food, water and other supplies.

Photo Gallery: Day two of DePaul’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment”

The DePaulia Staff • May 1, 2024

Members of DePaul’s encampment, protesting for DePaul to divest from Israel, spent their first night on the Quad on Tuesday. They awoke Wednesday morning, securing a 24-hour encampment. At 9 a.m. on...

Students with United DePaul storm the quad in Lincoln Park on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to demand better wages and conditions for DePaul workers and divestment from Israel. John Gould, one of the organizers of the strike, said to the crowd: “DePaul student workers don’t have health insurance, but they’re investing in genocide.”

‘We’re going to make them care about us’: United DePaul holds May Day strike

Lucia Preziosi, Content Managing Editor • May 1, 2024

United DePaul, a group of undergraduate, graduate student workers and adjunct faculty members staged a strike Wednesday, May 1, across DePaul’s Lincoln Park Campus to voice their demands for higher wages...

Tents sit on the Lincoln Park Quad on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, as protestors ready for the night after day one of DePaul’s encampment. Protestors are expected to spend the night on campus without any interference from Chicago police.

Photo Gallery: Day one of DePaul’s divestment encampment on the Quad

The DePaulia Staff • April 30, 2024

Members of the DePaul community gathered on the Lincoln Park Quad for an encampment to encourage university administration to divest from Israel on Tuesday. The protest began at 10 a.m. and grew to about...

Pro-Palestine protestors chant at a row of Chicago Police Department near the intersection of Seminary and Fullerton by a gas station May 16, 2024. Officers formed a line to block access to the Quad while the encampment was cleared.

Live Updates: CPD, Public Safety raids encampment on LPC Quad

The DePaulia Staff • April 30, 2024

Jump to most recent update. | Jump to first update. DePaul Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine launched an encampment on the Quad Tuesday morning. About 30 protesters set up roughly...

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