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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Isabella Ali speaks with a student on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, on campus. Ali is the SGA student body president this year and has previously served as a Chicago Quarter Mentor.

‘There’s a sense of pride that I feel’: Isabella Ali begins year as student body president

Anya Forrester, Contributing Writer September 30, 2024

Isabella Ali is not a student body president that separates herself from the students she represents. She is one that fully embraces them, and even invites them for a seat at the table.  Ali’s election...

Student body president Isabella Ali and vice president Samara Smith lead a meeting of the House of Student Representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. The meeting marked the first ever meeting of SGA under its new constitution.

Student Government Association inherits new structure, aims to focus on community and collaboration

Sadie Springer, SGA Beat Writer September 16, 2024

DePaul University's Student Government Association held their first general body meeting of the school year on Wednesday, Sept 11. SGA’s primary goals for this school year are expansion, professional...

Journalists in the hot seat: Can trust be rebuilt?

Journalists in the hot seat: Can trust be rebuilt?

Ian Fondacabe, Contributing Writer May 26, 2024

The term “fake news” has been circling the media for the past couple of years and ruining media. It has gotten to a point that real news is being considered “fake news” just because some people...

Eugene Jarvis and his wife, Sasha Gerritson, have given DePaul University its largest donation in school history to benefit the College of Computing and Digital Media.

Woman killed by car in front of CDM building

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor May 31, 2021

In the evening of May 28, a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on the block of East Jackson Boulevard and South Wabash Avenue, in the crosswalk between DePaul’s College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM)...

DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

Pay for student workers, hourly employees to extend until June 30

Ella Lee, Print Managing Editor April 9, 2020

Student and hourly workers employed by DePaul will continue to be paid through June 30 or until their previously agreed-upon contracts end — whichever comes first — according to a press release.  The...

Recent downturns in the news industry have perpetuated the use of grim language

Daniel Schirmer, Copy Editor October 1, 2018

If you know a bit about journalism, perhaps you’re familiar with the old saying, “If it bleeds, it leads.” For those who are out of the loop, this saying refers to the idea that, basically, bad news—death,...

Bill Daley joins race to become Chicago’s next mayor

Bill Daley joins race to become Chicago’s next mayor

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor September 24, 2018

Bill Daley announced his decision to run for mayor of Chicago, continuing a Daley family dynasty in the city. Daley is the son of Richard J. Daley and the brother of Richard M. Daley, who remain Chicago’s...

DePaul students create crowdfunding portal for investors

DePaul students create crowdfunding portal for investors

Evan Sully September 17, 2018

Two DePaul students have founded VestLo, a FinTech company that operates as Illinois’ first intrastate equity crowdfunding portal. VestLo gives local investors a cost- friendly way to invest in Illinois...

Rentgrata is a Chicago based startup that pays renters when they sign their lease (Apple App Store)

Chicago startup aims to pay apartment seekers, build community

Evan Sully September 10, 2018

Looking for an apartment isn’t always the most glamorous task, especially for college students. Rentgrata is a new service aimed to ease that process and get apartment seekers paid for signing their...

(Evan Sully / The DePaulia)

DePaul’s School of Music to host classical and jazz festival this fall

Evan Sully September 10, 2018

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,...

Mayoral race heats up after Emanuel’s decision not to run

Carina Smith, Nation & World Editor September 10, 2018

Mayor Rahm Emanuel made an abrupt announcement on Sept. 4 that he would not be seeking re-election in the upcoming mayoral election. Emanuel, who has already served two terms, didn’t give a reason for...

DePaul University's Theatre School is one of the two colleges with an increase in enrollment.
(Photo courtesy of DEPAUL UNIVERSITY)

Tackling low enrollment: How DePaul is handling declining numbers

Ebony Ellis December 14, 2017

Across the United States, enrollment at private universities has been declining because of skyrocketing costs. At DePaul, the issue is no different. According to the Institutional Research &...

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