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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Graham family — Charlie (Milly Shapiro), Annie (Toni Collette), Steve (Gabriel Byrne) and Peter (Alex Wolff) — sit around the table in “Hereditary.”

Here are the top horror flicks showing around Chicago this spooky season

Michael Brzezinski October 7, 2019

Last Tuesday marked Oct. 1, which means we are on the eve of Spooky Season. For film fans, Chicago’s vast array of movie theaters offer up some of the best, scariest and most fun ways to celebrate spooky...

Think outside the gourd: students take a knife to pumpkin carving conventions

Think outside the gourd: students take a knife to pumpkin carving conventions

Mackenzie Born, Contributing Writer October 22, 2018

Jai Dufton and Trey Rendon are adamant that Halloween is the best holiday of the year. Seated on Dufton’s living room floor, the pair is in the middle of marking up and carving out large orange pumpkins....

A Zombie Shakespeare booth at the Humanities Ceter’s fifth annual event that took place in room 120A in the Student Center with a screening of “The Eyes of My Mother.” 
(Amber Colón/The DePaulia)

Horror of the Humanities

Amber Colón, Editor-in-Chief November 6, 2017

Zombie Shakespeare paid a visit to campus just one night before All Hallows’ Eve, joining the patrons of the Humanities Center’s fifth annual event, “Horror of the Humanities” for some of humankind’s...

Mausoleums line the way at Graceland Cemetery, located in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. The cemetery is home to many ghost stories. (Giovanna Lenski / The DePaulia)

The ghoul next door: Undead among us throughout many Chicago neighborhoods

Megan Daley October 26, 2014

Chicago doesn’t need a dark and scary night for a good ghost story. The city’s long history of gang violence, roaring fires and freak accidents is enough to haunt your nightmares with ghosts and...

St. Vincent DeJamz: Scary music for Halloween

St. Vincent DeJamz: Scary music for Halloween

Kirsten Onsgard October 26, 2014

The easiest way to assure that your Halloween party isn’t lame is to ban “Monster Mash” from the playlist. Indeed, it might be best to avoid all traditional Halloween music, otherwise you might...

Ebola costumes are in stock in many costume stores around the country for this Halloween season. (Olivier Douliery | Tribune News Service)

Questionable costumes push the envelope on what is appropriate for Halloween

Kevin Quin October 26, 2014

Choosing a Halloween costume as a child was simple. The thought of being a pumpkin, skeleton or witch is enough to excite most young kids. For more creative college students, however, the boundaries...

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