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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Student victim of battery in Lincoln Park

Student victim of battery in Lincoln Park

Kirsten Onsgard May 18, 2016

A DePaul student was inappropriately touched near the John T. Richardson Library Wednesday, according to a Public Safety alert.  The female student was approached from behind and touched by the offender...

Student robbed by armed offender in Loop

Student robbed by armed offender in Loop

Kirsten Onsgard May 18, 2016

A DePaul student was robbed by an offender who said he had a gun in the Loop Tuesday evening, according to a Public Safety alert.  The student said he was robbed at the Bank of America branch ATM at...

Student assaulted in the Loop Monday afternoon

Student assaulted in the Loop Monday afternoon

Kirsten Onsgard May 16, 2016

A DePaul student taking photos on DePaul's Loop campus Monday afternoon had his camera punched away by an offender armed with a knife, according to a Public Safety alert.  The student was photographing at...

Crime a factor in DePaul decision day

Crime a factor in DePaul decision day

Mariah Woelfel May 8, 2016

After five years of being here, Chicago changed Luke Rolling in the ways he expected it to. His Iowan demeanor and the Midwestern hospitality that he was accustomed to wouldn’t fit in with the big...

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

Safety concerns surface following CTA attack, Loop sexual assault

Jackson Danbeck May 4, 2016

After a DePaul student was beaten in an attempted robbery on the Blue Line and another was drugged, robbed and sexually assaulted in the Loop last week, the safety of students has become an increasing...

Student incapacitated, sexually assaulted in Loop

Student incapacitated, sexually assaulted in Loop

Kirsten Onsgard April 30, 2016

A DePaul student walking downtown was incapacitated with a noxious substance, dragged into an SUV and sexually assaulted and robbed last night, according to a Public Safety alert. He escaped from the...

Student arrested in connection with string of dorm room burglaries

Student arrested in connection with string of dorm room burglaries

Kirsten Onsgard April 10, 2016

19-year-old Dillon Barrett-Rao was arrested and charged with two counts of burglary and one count of theft last Tuesday in connection with stealing items from dorm rooms. As initially reported...

Norovirus reported on DePaul's campus

Norovirus reported on DePaul’s campus

Megan Deppen February 26, 2016

An email sent by Public Safety Friday warned the DePaul community that a commuter student was contracted a case of the norovirus. Highly contagious and with symptoms similar to the flu, the virus case...

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

Sexual assault reported in Munroe Hall

Mariah Woelfel February 23, 2016

A criminal sexual assault alleged to have happened in January in Munroe Hall was reported to Public Safety last Monday, Feb. 15. The report, included in the weekly crime log sent to The DePaulia each...

Stomach flu breaks out on Lincoln Park campus

Stomach flu breaks out on Lincoln Park campus

Kirsten Onsgard February 19, 2016

There has been an outbreak of the stomach flu on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus, according to Public Safety. The virus, known as gastroenteritis, has affected more than 30 students. According to Assistant...

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

DePaul relies on unsworn Public Safety for protection

Jackson Danbeck January 31, 2016

While many universities across the nation use sworn and armed police for campus security, DePaul continues to rely on unsworn and mostly unarmed officers to protect the community. The issue of armed...

8 campus sexual offenses recorded since August

8 campus sexual offenses recorded since August

Mariah Woelfel January 25, 2016

When DePaul freshman Madison Keys saw a notification a week and a half ago from Public Safety that a sexual assault was reported on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus, she started to question her own safety. “It...

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