Looking back on Chicago colleges’ remote spring semesters
Kinise Jordan, Contributing Writer
May 21, 2020
Governor J.B. Pritzker announced the closing of all schools in Illinois, on March 13, as part of the state’s plan to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Illinois schools were initially set to close from March 17 through March 30, but the executive order lasted through the end of the spring semester....
DePaul and Loyola-Chicago agree to two-season scheduling agreement
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 30, 2020
After seven years of not playing each other, DePaul and Loyola-Chicago will finally meet each other again during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons. Both schools announced on Thursday that they agreed to a two-season agreement, with the first game coming at Wintrust Arena on Dec. 13 followed by a return...
History, respect defines rivalry between DePaul and Loyola
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
September 16, 2019
DePaul and Loyola-Chicago met 36 times coming into their matchup Friday night at Hoyne Field, with the Ramblers leading the all-time series 18-13-5. Even though the matchup has favored Loyola in recent seasons, winning four out of the last six meetings, the Blue Demons still treat this rivalry as on...
Men’s soccer late comeback attempt comes up short at Loyola
Nate Burleyson, Assistant Sports Editor
September 14, 2019
DePaul (3-2-0) traveled north to face Loyola-Chicago (3-2-0) on Friday night in another installment of the Chicago rivalry. As the temperature dropped and the game got longer, Loyola’s offense became too much to handle. The Blue Demons failed to pull themselves out of a 3-0 hole, ultimately falling ...
Cadets on campus
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
January 28, 2019
The sun rises over Chicago as over a hundred cadets in uniform stand at attention while the rest of the city sleeps. It’s 6:30 a.m. and the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) is getting ready to start tactical training in Oz Park. Early morning joggers and dog walkers move throughout the open fiel...
As DePaul’s national ranking slips over last four years, do students even care?
Mackenzie Born, Contributing Writer
October 1, 2018
Cars, sports teams, apps, neighborhoods, travel destinations — people love to rank things. There’s something we can’t resist about a good list, or a headline that promises to let us in on the top 10 best or worst of something. And colleges aren’t safe from our obsession with numerical rankings,...
DePaul falters in consecutive losses
Lawrence Kreymer, Asst. Sports Editor
September 24, 2018
In their penultimate non-conference game, DePaul (4-5; 1-1 Big East) lost 1-0 in overtime to their intra-city rival, Loyola- Chicago (3-3). Both Loyola and DePaul struggled to create many goal scoring opportunities in the first half, with the Blue Demons not registering one shot. With both teams visibly...
DePaul and Loyola respond to sexual abuse coverup
Marin Scott, Nation & World Editor
September 17, 2018
It has been a month since the grand jury report was released, revealing that the Catholic Church has covered up the systemic sexual abuse of children by priests over 70 years in Pennsylvania. This revelation has sent parishioners and members of the Catholic community questioning their safety in churches,...
Loyola announces 660 percent increase in donations
Shane Rene, Sports Editor
May 21, 2018
Just over a month removed from the Loyola Rambler’s historic dance through March Madness, we finally have a number to show us all what it was worth. Loyola University Chicago’s athletic department announced early last week that the department has seen a 660 percent increase in donations compared to the same time fra...
Red hot, ice cold
Shane Rene, Sports Editor
April 2, 2018
Loyola-Chicago’s men’s basketball program ended their spectacular NCAA tournament run Saturday night with a 69-57 loss to No. 3 Michigan in the Final Four, and the DePaul Blue Demons watched from home for the fourteenth consecutive year. That drought was even longer for the Loyola Ramblers, who wo...
Loyola fans storm DePaul’s campus, local bars
Timothy Duke and Benjamin Conboy
April 2, 2018
During a Cinderella-style tournament run, Loyola’s men’s basketball fans took to bars around Chicago to cheer on the Ramblers in the Final Four on Saturday, March 31. The Loyola Ramblers competed fiercely in the NCAA championship, establishing themselves as the premiere Chicago collegiate basketball te...
No. 17/16 DePaul women’s basketball crushes Loyola 107-46
December 18, 2016
Loyola women's basketball was going to be in for a tough season as they had to replace the majority of their roster, led by the youngest coaching staff in the country. It's year one of the healing process following the firing of former head coach Sheryl Swoopes, but that also means a rebuilding year. The...
