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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Abigail Adan, left, and Anna Gelfius participate in the Creating Connections event at the Student Center on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. Adan and Gelfius helped coordinate the event along with Tyler Wurst, Director of the Office of Health, Promotion, and Wellness.

Political news overload is hard on student mental health

Linnea Cheng, Contributing Writer February 24, 2025

“Garbage.” “Desensitized.” “It’s like getting slapped in the face over and over, until you just don’t feel it anymore.” These are ways that some DePaul students are describing...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard officially confirmed, DePaul political science and security experts alarmed

Daniel Bugliarello-Wondrich, Contributing Writer February 17, 2025

President Donald Trump is forming a new and unprecedented type of Cabinet.  As Scott Hibbard, a DePaul political science professor, sees it, the group will “respond to whatever Donald Trump’s...

OPINION: Should celebrities’ political views matter?

OPINION: Should celebrities’ political views matter?

Julisa Garcia, Contributing Writer October 28, 2024

Let's be honest, Taylor Swift knows the power she has over her fans, specifically those who are younger. She even has a hold on me, a 21-year-old woman, who has been a Swiftie since her “Speak Now”...

It is possible to befriend people with different political views as you

It is possible to befriend people with different political views as you

Karidja Monjolo, Contributing Writer October 7, 2024

“We can disagree and still love each other, unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist,” - James Baldwin.  In a country seemingly at odds,...

Personality in politics: What it means to humanize the election

Personality in politics: What it means to humanize the election

Brielle Kohlbeck, Opinion Editor September 16, 2024

The first election I remember was in sixth grade. It was 2016, Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. On an early October morning, in my first-period social studies class, I realized the reality of all...

A father takes a photo of his daughter who poses with two American flags during the last day of the Democratic National Convention, on Aug. 22, 2024.

The power of likes: How influencers are #shaping campaign rhetoric

Lina Gebhardt, Multimedia Editor August 27, 2024

In today’s social media landscape, influencers often get a bad rap. The Democratic National Convention hoped to prove otherwise. From day one of the 2024 planning process to the rollout of the blue...

President Joe Biden speaks on student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington. Biden's second attempt at student loan cancellation is moving forward as a group of negotiators meets Oct. 10 to debate what a new proposal might look like.

Students are losing hope in Biden’s student loan repayment plans

Kiersten Riedford, News Editor October 22, 2023

In June, the Supreme Court shot down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan due to the Biden administration overstepping its powers. On Oct. 11, the Biden administration held their first...

Liz Cheney speaks to a small crowd at the American Legion in Buffalo, Wyoming.

OPINION: We shouldn’t idolize Liz Cheney

Maddey Martin, Contributing Writer May 31, 2021

On May 12, House Republicans voted to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney as conference chair. Cheney had been vocalizing her opposition to the “big lie”— that the 2020 election was “stolen” from former...

FILE-Elizabeth Quirmbach, right, registers Ayuka Sinanoglu, center, a Sophomore at the UW on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2020  outside of the UW Memorial Union in Madison, Wis.  A small but steady stream of masked UW-Madison students stopped by voter registration tables outside the unions last week to perform their civic duty. Madison City Clerk’s office employees helped them through the paperwork, sanitized their used pens and talked among themselves as they waited for the next students to filter into the fairly empty tents.(Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Young voters increased turnout by 11 points in 2020 election

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor May 9, 2021

Despite worries that the pandemic would hinder access to polls, the 2020 election had the largest increase in voter turnout between presidential elections on record. In the months following the election,...

FILE-Elizabeth Quirmbach, right, registers Ayuka Sinanoglu, center, a Sophomore at the UW on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2020  outside of the UW Memorial Union in Madison, Wis.  A small but steady stream of masked UW-Madison students stopped by voter registration tables outside the unions last week to perform their civic duty. Madison City Clerk’s office employees helped them through the paperwork, sanitized their used pens and talked among themselves as they waited for the next students to filter into the fairly empty tents.(Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Voter Restriction Laws are especially impactful on college students

Lauren Uhlrich, Contributing Writer May 2, 2021

In a widespread response to the unsubstantiated claims of election fraud following the 2020 election, legislators have introduced 361 bills with restrictive voting provisions in 47 states. Of these, five...

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., listens as his panel holds a markup of a bill to create a commission to study and address social disparities in the African American community today. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What to know about H.R. 40: The House Reparations Bill

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor April 25, 2021

A House committee voted to move forward with legislation aimed at creating plans to remedy the lasting effects of slavery. This is the farthest the legislation has gone through Congress since it was originally...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

OPINION: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a source of pride for young Latinas

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief September 1, 2020

Numerous negative stereotypes have plagued Latinas for decades. We are perceived as angry and loud, with more emphasis placed on our looks instead of our character. Young Latinas have struggled with overcoming...

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