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...
Men’s soccer on three-game loss streak after losing 2-0 to Loyola
October 4, 2016
The Blue Demons men’s soccer team (5-5-2) fell 2-0 to the Loyola Ramblers (9-1-0) Tuesday, adding another loss to a now three-game losing skid. Before the match, the Ramblers hadn’t won a game in Wish Field since 2000. The game also featured the first time brothers Simon Megally, DePaul senio...
No. 25 DePaul women’s basketball trounces Loyola
December 17, 2014
A week after a disappointing loss to Notre Dame, No. 25 DePaul women’s basketball answered back in dominant fashion. Jessica January scored a career-high 25 points, Megan Rogowksi had 21 and four other Blue Demons finished in double figures to earn a 109-84 victory Wednesday afternoon over Loyola. The...
Great defense by DePaul men’s soccer and Loyola leads to a 0-0 Stalemate
October 2, 2014
In a tough game between the two Chicago rivals, DePaul (4-4-2) ties Loyola (4-3-1) 0-0 in double overtime. Blue Demons’ goalie Mack Robinson had a great game with six saves. He now has 46 saves this season and remains No. 1 in the Big East and No. 15 in the country in saves. Although DePaul played...
DePaul women’s soccer triumphs over Loyola 4-0
September 14, 2014
Senior defender Rachel Pitman said earlier in the week that the Blue Demons were still looking for a full, 90-minute performance. Read More »...
August 21, 2019 • No Comments
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law aimed at creating protections for immigrants who rent in Illinois. The...
Authorities arrest person of interest in stabbing of recent DePaul graduate
August 8, 2019
A man who may be connected to the stabbing of a recent DePaul graduate near...
Police: 7 injured in overnight shooting at Chicago park
August 4, 2019
Chicago police say seven people have been injured in an early morning shooting...
DePaul community ‘on heightened alert’ after recent crimes in Lincoln Park
August 2, 2019
The July 18 attack on a recent DePaul graduate near the Lincoln Park campus...