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The DePaulia

Students protest Professor Jason Hill in May 2019 in response to his controversial statements on Palestine.

Letter to the editor: Condemning Jason Hill’s comments condemns free-thinking

Wyatt Verlen, Contributing Writer February 15, 2021

Editor’s note: The views expressed in this letter to the editor do not necessarily reflect the views of The DePaulia staff In a recent article for The DePaulia, Professor Jason D. Hill is accused...

FILE  - In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 file photo, workers prepare absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C.  Nearly 10,000 North Carolinians had their mail-in ballots accepted in the first week of voting, according to data released Friday, Sept. 11 by the State Board of Elections.  North Carolina was the first state in the country to send absentee ballots to voters who requested them.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Letter to the editor: DePaul’s refusal to name Election Day a university holiday contradicts Vincentian values

Kierstin Cole September 11, 2020

I have worked three elections — the 2018 primary, the 2018 general, and the 2020 primary — as an election judge in my hometown. I worked the blue wave of 2018 and I got to know the system that elects...

Letter to the editor: My experience with the 2020 Census as a student living off campus

Letter to the editor: My experience with the 2020 Census as a student living off campus

Laura Hobbs June 17, 2020

The last time the census was counted, I was ten years old, and I don’t even think I knew it was happening. It wasn’t until recently that I understood anything about the census.  Questions like...

DePaul Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto in 2014. (Josh Leff / The DePaulia)

Letter to the editor: From an angry, embarrassed alum

Michael Ciepierski April 25, 2020

This submission does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the DePaulia staff. As an alum, I am angry and embarrassed.  As I would normally stand proud wearing a DePaul hat, shirt, or hoodie,...

Letter to the editor: Former DePaulia editor dies after battle with Alzheimer's

Letter to the editor: Former DePaulia editor dies after battle with Alzheimer’s

Tom Serb March 10, 2020

A funeral Mass was said on Wednesday, March 11, in St. Vincent de Paul Church for Daniel N. Kadjan, Editor-in-Chief of The DePaulia in 1955-56.  Dan was editor at the time of one of the best April Fool...

Seattle University faculty, students and staff stage one of the largest walkouts in the nation as part of National Adjunct Walkout Day Feb. 25. (Photo courtesy of SEIU Local 925)

Letter to the Editor: Stop silencing adjuncts

February 16, 2020

I'd like to thank The DePaulia, Hannah Mitchell, and all those who spoke out about the difficulties adjunct faculty encounter, even those –and perhaps especially those –who withheld their names. I...

Open letter to the DePaul Board of Trustees: Make your investment profile public

Open letter to the DePaul Board of Trustees: Make your investment profile public

James Langford, Contributing Writer May 14, 2018

Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that DePaul University pulled its investments with Israel in 2014. The university never pulled investments within Israel. The editors...

Letter to the Editor: Lenti Ponsetto's accomplishments speak for themselves

Letter to the Editor: Lenti Ponsetto’s accomplishments speak for themselves

Anna Frank, John McEnroe April 9, 2018

We write this letter with both pride and passion—pride in the accomplishments and quality of the athletics program as a whole and passion in response to what we believe is a disproportionate amount of...

Letter to Esteban

Letter to Esteban

March 12, 2018

9:52 a.m. on March 6 Dear President Esteban, Please include me on any list of potential donors you have who will start contributing funds back to the university once a new Athletic Director is installed...

(Victoria Williamson | The DePaulia)

PhD students take a stand against the lack of affordable healthcare

DePaul PhD Students February 26, 2018

If you are someone who believes that healthcare is a right and not a privilege, you may have felt especially hopeless and helpless over the past year. Together, the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled...

Karen Tamburro, a 1996 graduate of DePaul’s College of Law, became DePaul’s first full-time Title IX coordinator on Sept. 8, 2015. For the previous 14 years, she served as a supervisory attorney with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Tamburro will be housed in the Office for Institutional Diversity and Equity, and will be supported by deputy Title IX coordinators within Student Affairs, Athletics, Human Resources, Enrollment Management & Marketing and Academic Affairs. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

DePaul stands against sexual and relationship violence

Karen Tamburro, Title IX Coordinator February 19, 2018

More and more conversations about sexual and relationship violence are happening in society and on our campus, driven in part by the growing #MeToo movement. As DePaul’s Title IX Coordinator, I appreciate...

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Letter to the editor: U.S. holds responsibility to prevent mineral exploitation in Democratic Republic of Congo

John Kafarhire, Contributing Writer January 8, 2018

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is known to be one of the richest countries in the world by its natural resources attracting several other countries and multinational companies. However, the country...

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