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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Life of pie: Chicago pizza beyond deep dish

Life of pie: Chicago pizza beyond deep dish

Erin Yarnall May 3, 2015

It has brought people together, but at the same time it has torn people, and two of the largest cities in the United States, apart and created intense rivalries. It has made billions of dollars. Who...

DePaul won the Big East Tournament title over Xavier on Monday in South Carolina. The Blue Demons have won four tournament titles in the last six years. (Photo courtesy of DePaul Athletics)

DePaul women’s tennis looks to make a racket in NCAA tournament

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief May 3, 2015

After winning their second straight Big East championship, women’s tennis looks to make some noise in the NCAA tournament. They did just that. The Blue Demons tacked on another Big East championship...

(Carolyn Duff / The DePaulia)

Tacos: A Chicago food staple

Sarah Perkins May 3, 2015

Known for its over-the-top hot dogs and deep-dish pizzas, Chicago adds another food staple to its repertoire: the taco. Don’t be fooled: the small, simple dish packs a punch with authentic and interesting...

(From left) Laura Springman, Kara Rodriguez and Adina Babaian lead DePaul’s annual Take Back the Night march Thursday. (Erin Yarnall / The DePaulia)

DePaul, other universities make strides, still struggle to fight sexual assault

Courtney Jacquin, Editor in Chief April 26, 2015

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n an unseasonably warm evening in mid-April, about 20 students — a few alumni as well — met in a lecture hall in McGowan South. They weren’t there for a chemistry lecture,...

DePaul senior Emily Beh speaks to DePaul students and faculty at the start of DePaul Feminist Front’s annual Take Back the Night rally.  (Erin Yarnall / The DePaulia)

DePaul students take stand against sexual assault at Take Back the Night

Erin Yarnall April 26, 2015

“Claim our bodies, claim our right. Take a stand, take back the night,” could be heard throughout the quad on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus April 23, as protesters and marchers made their stand...

Sr. Helen Prejean stands in front of the Hope House in New Orleans where she volunteered with low-income residents in the early 1970s . Prejean, the author of “Dead Man Walking,” has fought against the death penalty since the 1980s and spoke on campus last week to students about the criminal justice system the same week the Boston bomber faces trial. (Photo courtesy of DePaul University Special Collections and Archives)

Sr. Helen Prejean: The 30-year fight against the death penalty

Megan Deppen April 26, 2015

Two years after the photos flooded media worldwide, a jury in a non-death penalty state must decide whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings, should be...

(Max Kleiner / The DePaulia)

Clueless in Chicago: Lack of sexual health knowledge leads to questions

Lily Rose April 26, 2015

Students at DePaul can receive an extensive education on just about anything — they are able to choose from a long list of majors ranging from Costume Technology to Exercise Science and more. Students...

Get moving and motivated with the perfect fitness band

Get moving and motivated with the perfect fitness band

Mary McIlvain April 26, 2015

Out with the old and in with the new.  It seems these days the “old-fashioned” pedometer just doesn’t cut it with fitness gurus.  Activity trackers, otherwise known as fitness bands or fitness...

St. Vincent's Circle located between the Schmitt Academic Center and the John T. Richardson Library. (Josh Leff / The DePaulia)

Adjunct faculty at DePaul asks: ‘How much would St. Vincent pay?’

Joy Ellison April 19, 2015

No college student expects to be taught by a teacher living on the edge of poverty. While student tuition continues to rise, more and more university faculty members are working part time for low pay....

(Carolyn Duff / The DePaulia)

Switching gears: Buying a car a gateway into adulthood

Maria Garcia April 19, 2015

With graduation approaching, some students are in the process of purchasing their own graduation gift: a new car, reliable enough to get them to their first handful of job interviews this summer. Anakaren...

DePaul coach Doug Bruno, right, informs former player Brittany Hrynko that she had traded to the Atlanta Dream at the end of the WNBA basketball draft, Thursday, April 16, 2015, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Brittany Hrynko selected, traded to Atlanta Dream in WNBA draft

Matthew Paras, Editor-in-Chief April 16, 2015

Brittany Hrynko shivered as she felt the breeze from the floor of the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. There for the WNBA draft on Thursday, seven members of her family, as well as DePaul...

The reality of crime: Theft highest among crimes reported at DePaul

The reality of crime: Theft highest among crimes reported at DePaul

Courtney Jacquin, Editor in Chief April 12, 2015

Sheila Gerhardt, a third-year student at DePaul, stands on Fullerton Avenue just west of Sheffield Avenue in the location where she and her roommate were mugged September 2013 on their way to class....

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