Skip to Main Content
The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

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

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...

Report of armed weapon in Loop campus lead to evacuation, concerned students

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...

Crimes committed on and near the DePaul Lincoln Park campus from March 30 - April 16, from data obtained via Chicago Open Data Portal.

Playing it safe: As national and local violence ramps up, concerns about safety follow suit

Lacey Latch, Editor-in-Chief 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...

Student stabbed  in Lincoln Park

Student stabbed in Lincoln Park

Benjamin Conboy, Editor in Chief 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...

(Ally Zacek/The DePaulia)

America’s epidemic: Government must find solution to opioid dilemma

Rachel Zarky 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...

Public Safety responds to shooting of DePaul student

Public Safety responds to shooting of DePaul student

DePaulia Admin 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...

DePaul puts safety first

DePaul puts safety first

Jackson Danbeck 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. At the fair in the...

(DePaul Student Government Association)

SGA holds first meeting of the year

Jackson Danbeck 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...

Prominent conservative and Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Wire Ben Shapiro at an event earlier this year. (Gage Skidmore / Creative Commons)

Student groups agree DePaul ‘crossed the line’ with Shapiro

Jackson Danbeck 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...

Two robbed at gunpoint near Lincoln Park campus

Kyle Woosley 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...

Friday's incident was the first university public safety alert related to Lincoln Park since May 6.

Student robbed at Loop bank

Kirsten Onsgard 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.  According to a Public Safety alert, the student was approached at about 4 p.m....

Two students robbed by three offenders with handgun

Two students robbed by three offenders with handgun

Kirsten Onsgard May 23, 2016

Two students were robbed by three offenders who displayed a gun near Wish Field early Monday, according to a Public Safety alert. The students were approached at approximately 12:20 a.m. at the southwest...

Load More Stories