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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

A woman is helped after being hit with pepper spray after curfew on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.

Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control

Associated Press June 1, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Protests erupting across the nation over the past week — and law enforcement's response to them — are threatening to upend efforts by health officials to track and contain the spread...

Protest music nowadays isn’t like it used to be

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor January 26, 2020

The day after the 2016 presidential election was a day of mourning in my community. Following Donald Trump’s defeat over Hillary Clinton, my very liberal high school in my very liberal hometown ceased...

An anti-government protester flashes victory signs at a cordon of Chilean police during in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Twenty people have so far died amid nationwide protests.

Nationwide protests in Chile garner little U.S. attention

Kelly Garcia November 11, 2019

Protests in Chile have been escalating since mid-October amidst decades of tension over high student debt, economic inequality and a broken welfare system, with students at the forefront of the resistance.  Protests...

Thousands protest during Trump’s visit to Chicago

Keira Wingate and Bianca Cseke October 29, 2019

President Donald Trump came to Chicago on Monday for the first time since he became president. As he called the city an “embarrassment to the country” during this speech at the annual gathering of...

Protestors take to the streets across the US to protect Mueller investigation

Protestors take to the streets across the US to protect Mueller investigation

Marin Scott, Nation & World Editor November 12, 2018

In the past week Democrats have taken back the House of Representatives, Republicans have maintained a hold on the Senate and the U.S. has seen the largest voter turnout since 1966. Since the elections,...

Holding onto a megaphone, a protester stands outside the American Bar Association Chicago in opposition of the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh following sexual assault claims.

Chicago students rally together against Brett Kavanaugh

Daniel Schirmer, Copy Editor October 8, 2018

A walkout spearheaded by DePaul’s Students for Reproductive Justice (SRJ) was staged on the Lincoln Park campus on Oct. 4. In preparation for a larger rally at the American Bar Association...

Victoria Williamson | The DePaulia

Leaving the headscarf behind

Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor March 12, 2018

It appears to have started with Vida Movahed, a 31-year-old Iranian woman: Standing on a utility box on a busy street corner in Tehran, she quietly waved her headscarf as if it were a white flag while...

A crowd of protestors over 100 strong march through DePaul’s Loop Campus on Nov. 4.
(Jonathan Ballew/The DePaulia)

Refuse Fascism protests off to a slow start

Jonathan Ballew and Skyler Stallings November 13, 2017

Despite cold and rainy weather conditions, a crowd of over one hundred activists gathered at Federal Plaza on Nov. 4. The protest was the first in a series of demonstrations scheduled to last until the...

Student protestors took turns exclaiming their disagreements out loud. (Josh Leff/The DePaulia)

Murray brings the fury

Timothy Duke, Contributing Writer November 6, 2017

In the pouring, freezing rain on Wednesday, students protested conservative Libertarian speaker Charles Murray’s appearance at DePaul. College Republicans hosted the event inside of Cortelyou Commons...

Protesters gather Friday Sept. 15 in St. Louis after a judge found a white former St. Louis police officer, Jason Stockley, not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith, who was fatally shot following in a high-speed chase in 2011. (Jeff Roberson, AP)

Nation & World Briefs: Sept. 18, 2017

The Associated Press September 18, 2017

International news headlines you need to know. [accordions] [accordion title="New Storm Maria a growing threat to Irma-slammed Caribbean" load="show"] The hurricane-battered islands of the...

Update: Man charged with misdemeanor after alleged knife attack on DePaul's campus

Update: Man charged with misdemeanor after alleged knife attack on DePaul’s campus

Rachel Hinton May 31, 2017

A 36-year-old male identified as Patrick Fallon has been charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct/ bodily harm after allegedly slashing a man with a knife near DePaul's Student Center on Tuesday. It...

Public Safety officers gather outside of the main entrance of the Student Center during a protest May 30.  One person was allegedly stabbed and another allegedly shocked with a stun gun. Danielle Church | The DePaulia

Man stabbed on DePaul’s campus during protests Tuesday night

Ben Gartland, Rachel Hinton, and Danielle Church May 30, 2017

DePaul Public Safety confirmed multiple eyewitnesses accounts that a person was stabbed on DePaul University’s campus Tuesday evening. It is unclear whether the altercation was related to the rally held...

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