Recent robberies around campus have left students on high alert
Carina Smith, News Editor
November 5, 2018
A recent string of robberies that have taken place on and around DePaul’s campus has many students on edge about their safety. According to Public Safety alerts that are sent out to students, faculty and staff, there have been multiple separate robbery incidents since Oct. 16. The fi...
The problem with the campus closure: The intentions for the campus closure and evacuation may have been to protect us, but it put students and faculty in danger
Jacqueline Brennen, Contributing Writer
October 15, 2018
On Friday, Oct. 5, DePaul Public Safety sent out an email, text message and phone call to alert students and faculty that the Loop campus would close immediately. This was approximately 20 minutes before the verdict in the Jason Van Dyke trial was expected to be announced, but not a single form of communication...
Report of armed weapon in Loop campus lead to evacuation, concerned students
Yazmin Dominguez, Online Editor
May 23, 2018
We just evacuated the Loop campus at #DePaul and were told to move across the street. No word about what’s happening inside. #Chicago pic.twitter.com/VGmpZ3r3AK — Holly K. Sias (@HollySias) May 22, 2018 A professor was told that there was some kind of off-duty plain clothes law enforcement officer in the building who had a gun visible, someone called it in and...
Playing it safe: As national and local violence ramps up, concerns about safety follow suit
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
May 21, 2018
Multiple students were shot and killed in an shooting Friday morning at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, according to police. This mass shooting comes almost a month to the day after a mass shooting in a Nashville Waffle House left four people dead. Only six months into the year, there have be...
Student stabbed in Lincoln Park
Benjamin Conboy, Managing Editor
April 16, 2018
A DePaul student was assaulted and stabbed on the 1200 block of West Webster Avenue on Tuesday, April 10, according to the Chicago Police Department. The student, 21, was walking toward the Fullerton CTA stop at around 10:53 p.m. when her attacker grabbed her in a choke hold from behind, police said. ...
America’s epidemic: Government must find solution to opioid dilemma
October 23, 2017
America is in the height of an escalating opioid epidemic that has taken over 200,000 lives in the past two decades. According to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 64,000 victims of the ongoing opioid crisis have succumbed to drug overdose in 2016, 12,000 more t...
Public Safety responds to shooting of DePaul student
March 28, 2017
According to a Public Safety alert, an 18-year-old male DePaul student “was a victim of attempted robbery” while walking home around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning. The student was “approached by two individuals who (demanded) money” on the 1100 block of West Lill Avenue and was shot in the leg when...
DePaul puts safety first
October 3, 2016
Public Safety hosted the Safety Fair at Loop and Lincoln Park campuses last week to offer advice for DePaul community members in case they find themselves in a range of emergencies. Read More »...
SGA holds first meeting of the year
September 11, 2016
For the Student Government Association’s first meeting of the fall term, the group discussed changes within Public Safety, an upcoming Campus town hall meeting, a Brownstones renovation and the upcoming FAFSA deadline. As SGA had many new members this term, much of the meeting was spent familiarizing...
Student groups agree DePaul ‘crossed the line’ with Shapiro
August 2, 2016
In the wake of DePaul University denying conservative commentator Ben Shapiro’s request to speak on campus, student political groups have, in a rare show of solidarity, come out to say that the university’s guidelines on the matter are unclear and contradictory. In a statement, the univers...
Two robbed at gunpoint near Lincoln Park campus
July 11, 2016
Two men were robbed at gunpoint near the Fullerton Red Line CTA stop Saturday morning. According to DePaul Public Safety, the two men, who were in no way affiliated with DePaul, were walking eastbound near 940 W. Fullerton Ave. at approximately 4:45 a.m. when they were approached by the two a...
Student robbed at Loop bank
June 5, 2016
A DePaul student was robbed Sunday afternoon at a Loop ATM by a man who threatened to hurt him if he did not cooperate. Read More »...
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Chicago police investigators have cracked the case: A 4-5 foot alligator is living in a lagoon at one...
DePaul College of Communication dean named interim provost
June 23, 2019
DePaul’s Board of Trustees voted to appoint Salma Ghanem, a professor and...
Chicago mayor says police won’t assist ICE in migrant sweep
June 21, 2019
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the city's police department will not participate...
DePaul provost to step down after medical leave
June 19, 2019
DePaul Provost Marten denBoer will be stepping down June 30, the university...