Branko’s owner serves up home-cooked meals with a mother’s touch
Ryan Mackinnon, Contributing Writer
May 13, 2019
Filed under News
While most are hitting the snooze button and clocking out early, Mama is working. Branko’s owner Andja Branko, known affectionately to her patrons as Mama, clocks in 100 hours a week cooking and emotionally supporting DePaul students and Lincoln Park residents. On top of this, she takes full-time care o...
Upscale breakfast spot Yolk to open Lincoln Park location in Chicago
Holyn Thigpen, Contributing Writer
April 8, 2019
Filed under Arts/Life, Food & Drink
Looking for a new restaurant to check out this quarter? Look no further: Yolk, a celebrated upscale breakfast chain and Chicago staple, is opening its ninth location at N. Fremont St. in Lincoln Park on April 22. Since its debut in 2006, Yolk has become beloved by Chicagoans for its colorful, revampe...
50 Years Young: Young Lord militants return to DePaul, peacefully this time
Xavier Ortega, Photo Editor
September 24, 2018
Filed under Focus
A Chicago-based group of former- gang-members-turned-political-activists marched back into DePaul University on Sept. 21 to speak out against inequality and oppression happening to Puerto Ricans and other people of color. This protest came nearly 50 years after their first mass occupance at DePaul in...
DePaul’s School of Music to host classical and jazz festival this fall
Evan Sully, Staff Writer
September 10, 2018
Filed under Campus News, News
The School of Music’s newly designed Holtschneider Performance Center will be having an 11-day classical and jazz music festival beginning on Nov. 1, not only as a way to celebrate the new three-story, 185,000 square-foot facility, but also to celebrate the School of Music. There are going to be...
Six students robbed at gun point near Lincoln Park campus
Benjamin Conboy, News Editor
January 29, 2018
Filed under News
Six DePaul students were robbed at gunpoint within 30 minutes of each other near the Lincoln Park campus. In the early hours of Thursday, Jan. 24, men, armed with handguns and wearing surgical masks, jumped out of a white Audi SUV, put guns to the heads of the students and demanded their wallets and c...
Change to library hours sparks petition, study-in
October 23, 2017
Filed under Campus News, News
Seniors, juniors and sophomores at DePaul remember a time when the library was open until 2 a.m during the week. Read More »...
DePaul renews Neighborhood Parking Program
September 25, 2017
Filed under News
DePaul Parking Services have revived the program that allows residents of Lincoln Park to park at the university’s parking lots. Read More »...
Cafes and couches, cozy places to study off campus
September 11, 2017
Filed under Arts/Life, Back to School, Food & Drink, Lifestyle
Sometimes, staring at the blank walls of DePaul’s libraries gets exhausting, not to mention the dreadful lighting or the scratched up desks.There are an assortment of off-campus study areas in Lincoln Park and in the Loop that give any library a run for its money. These places offer Wi-Fi, comfier pillo...
Murals chronicle 120 years of DePaul’s triumphs
September 11, 2017
Filed under Multimedia, News
The paintings beautify an otherwise barren thoroughfare while celebrating DePaul's history. Read More »...
Amazon to open package pickup location in Lincoln Park
September 10, 2017
Filed under Campus News, News
This fall, Amazon will be opening a package pickup location a block from the Student Center on the corner of Sheffield and Webster, where Lincoln Park residents can pick up their online orders. Read More »...
DePaul’s plan for a ‘Living Street’ on life support
September 10, 2017
Filed under Campus News, News
Walking between campus buildings on Kenmore Avenue, a herd of students pays little attention to the line of cars waiting at a stand still to pass. You can’t blame the students, considering there’s not much of a campus in Lincoln Park. Buildings are nestled between busy streets and students often have...
Quigley, Schakowsky lead GOTV rally on quad
November 8, 2016
Filed under Campus News, News, Politics
U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley and Jan Schakowsky headlined a get out the vote (GOTV) rally on the Lincoln Park Quad Monday afternoon, ginning up enthusiasm ahead of both Election Day and a campus event later that evening encouraging students to not vote. The pair were joined by State Reps. Sara Feigenho...