DePaul shows solidarity to people experiencing homelessness with ‘Big Sleep Out’
Xavier Ortega, Photo Editor
December 8, 2019
On a cold, cloudy Chicago night of about 38 degrees Fahrenheit, DePaul hosted the Chicago Sleep Out on Dec. 7. About 130 participants joined together to spend one night sleeping outside in the Lincoln Park Quad. Many were only equipped with sleeping bags, blankets and layered clothing to keep them w...
DePaul students celebrate Day of the Dead
Ebony Ellis, Contributing Writer
November 12, 2019
When walking into the Student Center on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus, the last thing one would expect to see are pictures of people who have died. These pictures are surrounded by colorful skulls, flowers and fruit, showing that honoring loved ones is not always a sad affair. Día de los Muerto...
College of Science and Health hosts climate change experts at DePaul
Alayne Trinko, Staff Writer
October 19, 2019
DePaul College of Science and Health associate professor and department chair Mark Potosnak and associate professor Hugh Bartling of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences mediated a climate change panel on the Lincoln Park campus Friday. “The climate policies are currently at a crossroads,”...
Public Safety: DePaul student victim of armed robbery on Lincoln Park campus
Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor
October 11, 2019
A DePaul student reported that they were the victim of an armed robbery about 7:30 p.m. Friday on the Lincoln Park campus, according to a public safety alert. The student reported that they were approached in an alley behind the Arts & Letters building by a person they had met earlier in the day,...
DePaul’s student housing policies frustrate some new freshmen
Alayne Trinko, Staff Writer
September 23, 2019
Freshmen roommates Sierra Reiynolds and Maureen Andersen said they have had a great experience working with the Department of Housing, but that hasn’t been the same for all students living on campus. “I got all of my top choices,” Reiynolds said. “I got the roommate I wanted. I got the room and hall ...
City Hall comes to Lincoln Park
Camille Koch and Patsy Newitt
September 23, 2019
City Hall was brought directly to students on Thursday, Sept. 20, moving into the Student Center in Lincoln Park with its new Mobile City Hall. The event was held by the City Clerk’s Office to provide students and the surrounding community with resources and information that would usually require them ...
DePaul 101
Mackenzie Murtaugh and Patsy Newitt, News Editor and Assistant News Editor
September 16, 2019
So, you’ve decided to become a Blue Demon at DePaul, the home of a competitive theatre program, urban campus and a less-than-stellar basketball team. Regardless of your reason for attending DePaul, you’ve joined a slightly perplexing campus of art school kids, commuters, frat boys and computer science...
Authorities arrest person of interest in stabbing of recent DePaul graduate
Bianca Cseke, Online Editor
August 8, 2019
A man who may be connected to the stabbing of a recent DePaul graduate near the Lincoln Park campus last month was arrested in Texas, Chicago police said. Adam Bramwell, 32, who was wanted on two outstanding felony warrants, is a person of interest in the stabbing case, Chicago police spokesman Ant...
Lincoln Park vs. Loop Campus
Bella Michaels, Contributing Writer
May 28, 2019
DePaul is not your ordinary university. Unlike a traditional college campus, the city of Chicago is DePaul’s campus—but the university still offers both contrasting cultures. In a college town, you look out your classroom window and see students walking around with backpacks or laying down in...
Public Safety responds to shooting of DePaul student
DePaulia Admin
March 28, 2017
According to a Public Safety alert, an 18-year-old male DePaul student “was a victim of attempted robbery” while walking home around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. The student was “approached by two individuals who (demanded) money” on the 1100 block of West Lill Avenue and was shot in the leg when...
Xavier Ortega, Photo Editor
December 8, 2019 • 1 Comment
On a cold, cloudy Chicago night of about 38 degrees Fahrenheit, DePaul hosted the Chicago Sleep Out on...
DePaul student charged with writing software for ISIS waives preliminary hearing
December 6, 2019
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffery Cole agreed Friday morning to waive the preliminary...
Man stabbed on Red Line at Fullerton stop
December 6, 2019
A man was stabbed Friday morning on a Red Line train at the Fullerton stop by...
Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’
December 2, 2019
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired the city’s retiring police superintendent...