Having the COVID-19 conversation with your roommates
Rebecca Meluch, Opinions Editor
September 13, 2020
Living with roommates can sometimes be the worst. Whether you’re sharing a dorm or at an apartment with separate bedrooms — there is probably going to be a time where you’re laying in bed pretending to be asleep thinking to yourself, “Wow, I wished I lived alone.” Just a few months ago, ...
The many forms of soulmates
Keira Wingate, Arts & Life Editor
May 14, 2020
A soulmate is defined as a person whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes and often a romantic bond, according to Dictionary.com. Funnily enough, it’s definition such as those that cause people to lose sight of a connection they have with someone outside of romance. You could be sitting ...
The art of charcuterie
Jessica Rish, Contributing Writer
March 31, 2020
It is easy to imagine walking into an art gallery show and seeing a catered cheese plate with generic cheeses and meats and plain crackers, but imagine walking into a college study party or wine night and seeing an extravagant charcuterie board carefully crafted to perfection. At DePaul University, this isn’t hard to i...
Waste-free living: Recipes for reducing waste, saving money and helping the environment
Zoey Barnes, Focus Editor
April 30, 2018
After another full rotation around the Sun, Earth Day came and went. Throughout Chicago, people gathered around at parks to plant trees, grow flowers and celebrate the planet we live on. However, as the increase in waste continues to grow exponentially, with an average person generating about 4.5 pou...
Intuitive eating: the new non-diet diet
Emily Rutherford, Contributing Writer
April 30, 2018
In a world consumed with diet culture, weight loss tips, cleanse suggestions and an overload of Photoshopped images, it’s hard to escape the pressure to give in to these trends. To alter one’s body in unhealthy ways, deprive it of food and ignore the cues it’s signaling is the farthest thing from he...
Some help with how to combat panic attacks
Marissa de la Cerda, Contributing Writer
April 23, 2018
Dizziness. Heart palpitations. Trembling. An overwhelming tightness in your chest coupled with an intensified fear and feeling of discomfort. These are some symptoms of a panic attack, a crippling phenomenon that is often a side effect of anxiety, stress and panic disorders that affect over 40 milli...
Personality may play a role in social media addiction
Damita Menezes, Contributing Writer
April 16, 2018
If you can’t control your social media use, your personality might be to blame. A recent study conducted by Professor Isaac Vaghefi of Binghamton University and Professor Hamed Qahri-Saremi of DePaul University says that people with certain personality traits are more susceptible to using social media...
Look to the stars
Katie Adams, Contributing Writer
April 9, 2018
Not too long ago, astrology seemed as if it was only a practice used to appease middle school-aged girls who read horoscopes in magazines. Now the study, which uses celestial bodies to interpret human activities, has gained prominence as a useful practice, especially among young people in urban cent...
Zoe Knight exemplifies young artist culture
Katie Adams, Contributing Writer
April 2, 2018
As the sun pours through the huge front windows of their third-floor Lincoln Park apartment on a Friday afternoon, Zoe Knight lies stretched on the floor. Their small frame is covered by a baggy thrifted sweater over a pair of denim overalls that they are proud to say they purchased from Target’s ki...
Photo of the week: Dibs!
Jonathan Ballew, Assistant News Editor
February 19, 2018
Commentary: Around DePaul, everyone knows DIBS as that weird, creepy blue monster that roams the Student Center and makes everyone feel just a little uncomfortable. But when it snows in Chicago, residents respect a different kind of dibs — the art of shoveling out a parking spot and saving it with...
Hot Chocolate Battles
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
January 29, 2018
Winter was practically made for certain things; dry skin, settlements involving black ice, the coat industry, and of course hot chocolate. After a long day of trudging through the bitter cold outside, nothing feels better than sitting down to a nice warm mug full of good old fashioned hot chocolate. Th...
2018 Resolutions
Rachel Fernandez, Managing Editor
January 8, 2018
The last five seconds of every Dec. 31 leading into Jan. 1 starts the same for millions of people around the world: with families and friends counting down and synchronizing their voices with the second hand on the clock ticking to an enthusiastic “happy new year!” The following days are spent dis...
