Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groups on campus don’t see eye-to-eye
Neil Sengupta, Contributing Writer
January 29, 2018
In a heated political climate, the conflict between Israel and Palestine is among the more controversial issues in politics today. On the DePaul campus two student groups, Students for Justice in Palestine and Students Supporting Israel represent both sides of this debate with passion and vigor-- and t...
Students for Justice in Palestine protest US policies, Israeli detentions
Timothy Duke, Contributing Writer
January 22, 2018
Despite frigid, blustery conditions, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) marched and held a rally at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus on Jan. 18, 2018. Protesters stood in solidarity with prisoners and detainees such as Ahed Tamimi and held signs saying, “Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine,...
Statement: Student group refuses to acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Students for Justice in Palestine
January 22, 2018
DePaul’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) would like to strongly condemn the recent announcement made by President Trump on Dec. 6, 2017, declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Under the 1947 Partition Plan, the United Nations has given Jerusalem a special status, recognizing it under inte...
Protest over deaths in Gaza held outside Arts and Letters building
September 30, 2014
(Amanda Crane/The DePaulia) A 10-minute protest was held outside the Arts and Letters building Tuesday from multiple student groups, calling for DePaul to divest in multinational corporations and for the violence to stop in Gaza against Palestinians. Read More »...
World News: Summer 2014 recap
Kevin Gross
September 15, 2014
Palestinian conflict reignites The continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict went through another spate of violence throughout July and August as members of the Israeli Defense Force and Palestinian group Hamas clashed throughout the Gaza Strip. The conflict was prompted by the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teen...
Persuing a Vincentian balance sheet
Kevin Gross
June 2, 2014
Over the past few weeks our campus has been captivated by the utterly polarizing debate over the Israeli divestment campaign. One of the main complaints regarding the campaign was this question: “Why Israel? Why focus on Israel when there are so many other places in the world that are complicit in...
SJP erects ‘mock apartheid wall’
Colleen Connolly
May 19, 2014
The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) group at DePaul put up a “mock apartheid wall” in St. Vincent’s Circle just off the Quad last Monday, May 12 to raise awareness about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The front of the five-panel wooden wall faced the John T. Richardson Library displaying...
Kathleen Foody, Associated Press
November 13, 2019 • No Comments
Student editors at the newspaper covering Northwestern University have faced two waves of criticism over...
Lightfoot pleads case in Springfield on casino, budget
November 12, 2019
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot crisscrossed the state...
DePaul students celebrate Day of the Dead
November 12, 2019
When walking into the Student Center on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus, the...
Snow continues to fall in Chicago, cold air expected to break records
November 11, 2019
A storm that's brought snow to the Midwest is about to give way to record-setting...