Politically inspired fashion is in this season
Jack Breslin, Contributing Writer
November 12, 2018
Filed under Opinions
Conservative political activist Candace Owens made false claims last month that Yeezy designer Kanye West was helping her design an anti-democratic clothing brand called Blexit, which would encourage black Democrats to turn Republican. West, who was notoriously conservative last month, now claims he...
Pritzker wins battle of the bank accounts in Illinois
Rosbelis Quinonez and Ryan Witry, Contributing Writer
November 12, 2018
Filed under News
Democrat J.B. Pritzker rode a green wave of record-breaking spending as he seized the Illinois governor’s office from Republican incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner in a midterm election that generated unusually high turnout. Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, won easily after pour...
Kash Jackson hopes voters can ignore his past and vote Libertarian
Ella Lee, Contributing Writer
November 5, 2018
Filed under News
The Illinois Libertarian Party’s gubernatorial candidate says past allegations of wife-beating and threatening a family-court judge have no bearing on who he is today. Grayson “Kash” Jackson says he wants to be recognized as an honorable Navy veteran, a former drill instructor and a ...
Forced off campus, TPUSA event goes off without a fuss
Shane Rene, Managing Editor
October 22, 2018
Filed under News
DePaul University’s Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter was scheduled to host their “Campus Clash” tour event with conservative activists Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens Tuesday Oct. 16, but both the “campus” and “clash” failed to make an appearance. After DePaul denied the event permission...
Iran’s president blames US after attack on military parade
September 24, 2018
Filed under Nation & World
Iran's president on Sunday accused an unnamed U.S.-allied country in the Persian Gulf of being behind a terror attack on a military parade that killed 25 people and wounded 60. Hassan Rouhani's comments came as Iran's Foreign Ministry also summoned Western diplomats over them allegedly providing havens...
DePaul alum who triggered Russia investigation sentenced
Tolga Bozoglu, Associated Press
September 10, 2018
Filed under Nation & World, Showcase
George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, was sentenced to 14 days in prison Friday by a judge who said he had placed his own interests above those of the country. Papadopoulos, the first campaign aide sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoin...
Democrats make final attempt to block Kavanaugh nomination
J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
September 10, 2018
Filed under Nation & World
Senate Democrats mounted a last, ferocious attempt Thursday to paint Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a foe of abortion rights and a likely defender of President Donald Trump if he makes it to the high court. But their chances of blocking Trump's nominee seemed to fade away by the end...
Political science undergraduates register fellow students to vote
Brian Pearlman, Copy Editor
May 21, 2018
Filed under News
“Hi, we’re trying to register people to vote – only takes two minutes,” said DePaul senior Seamus O’Connor on a warm Monday afternoon in the Lincoln Park Quad. The small group of students he was addressing smiled politely. “I’m already registered in my home state,” said one. “No t...
‘You don’t want no problems:’ Chance gets political
Jonathan Ballew, Asst. News Editor
March 12, 2018
Chance Bennet, better known as Chance the Rapper, made a highly anticipated appearance at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art on Monday. While the conversation between Chance and South Side journalist Adrienne Samuels Gibbs had a heavy focus on Chance’s artistic process, the two were not afraid to...
Letter to the editor: “An appeal to logic and reason”
Brendan Newell, Member of the DePaul College Republicans
March 5, 2018
Filed under Opinions
Editor's note: This piece is written by a member of the College Republicans in response to The DePaulia's representation of his comments at a debate between the College Republicans and DePaul Socialists. The article he is referring to was our front page story "The Great Debate" by the Editor-In-Chief A...
Women’s work
Kate Graham, Contributing Writer
February 26, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life
Emerging from the January chill in her overalls and pink knit hat, Kristi Durkin rushes to sit down, rummages in her pockets for a scrap piece of paper and a pen, and begins to write a sketch idea on the back of a receipt. It’s an idea for a character based on the guy in her previous film class wh...
Drama in the DNC
November 13, 2017
Filed under Nation & World
Is it all part of politics as usual, some voters may find themselves asking at the end of a few weeks that included an unusual burst of political drama on both sides of party lines. Some revelations of which may affect the active Millennial Democrat’s future vote. Read More »...
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