U.S. Department of Education bolsters rights of accused with new, final Title IX guidelines
Ella Lee and Emma Oxnevad
May 7, 2020
After over two years and much speculation, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Wednesday new — and final — regulations on sexual misconduct in education. The changes, made to the Education Amendments of 1972’s Title IX, will go into effect in August. Title IX is a federal civil rights law th...
Biden on sexual assault allegation: ‘never, never happened’
May 1, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday categorically denied allegations from a former Senate staffer that he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, saying “this never happened.” Biden’s first public remarks on the allegation by former staffer Tara Reade...
OPINION: Harvey Weinstein: Where do we go from here?
Rebecca Meluch, Focus Editor
March 1, 2020
The recent verdict of Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes is an event that many rape and sexual assault survivors, as well as followers and advocates for the #MeToo movement, will hopefully never forget. The split verdict of being guilty of felony rape and sex crime, but not guilty of more serious ch...
Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark #MeToo moment
February 24, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of rape and sexual assault against two women and and was immediately handcuffed and led off to jail, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement. The 67-year-old Weinstein had a look of...
Analysis: 2019 Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act Report
Ella Lee, Arts & Life Editor
February 16, 2020
When Jasmine Boubas was a freshman at DePaul, she and a group of friends were followed and verbally harassed by a group of male students while walking back to their dorms from a party. “It was uncomfortable and quite scary witnessing such aggressiveness from a large group of boys,” she said. Reports o...
OPINION: Don’t pity the accused: sexual assault allegations don’t hurt men
Emma Oxnevad, Opinions Editor
September 23, 2019
It’s a familiar media narrative: A prominent, powerful man is accused of sexual misconduct. All the major news outlets chase the story, trying to pin down the accuracy of the claims made by the accuser. Then the skeptics come in. Social media users are suddenly decorated detectives, poking holes in per...
Pentagon report: Sexual assault in U.S. military increased for female service members
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
May 13, 2019
A startling trend among the ranks of the U.S. military continues to rise with the most recent results from the Department of Defense's Annual Report on Sexual Assault released last week. The report indicated a 50 percent increase in sexual assaults experienced by women in the military since 2016. Despite women co...
Students question Title IX office’s accessibility and conduct
Ella Lee and Emma Oxnevad
April 22, 2019
Megan, a DePaul sophomore whose name has been changed to protect her identity, emailed the Title IX office in October to report an assault by another student at a DePaul-sponsored event. The office responded fairly quickly, and a man who worked in the Title IX office asked her to set up a time to spe...
How ‘America’s Dad’ fell from public grace
Brittney Bray, Contributing Writer
May 21, 2018
Beginning with his days on “I Spy” and up to his portrayal as the lovable Cliff Huxtable on the “The Cosby Show,” for most of his career Bill Cosby managed to maintain a clean-cut image to fans and the public eye. Through his scripted television roles, Cosby was often portrayed as a wholesome...
Letter to the editor: “An appeal to logic and reason”
Brendan Newell, Member of the DePaul College Republicans
March 5, 2018
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...
DePaul stands against sexual and relationship violence
Karen Tamburro, Title IX Coordinator
February 19, 2018
More and more conversations about sexual and relationship violence are happening in society and on our campus, driven in part by the growing #MeToo movement. As DePaul’s Title IX Coordinator, I appreciate when students show an interest in these issues and are open to learning more. Last week, some ...
Nation & World Briefs: January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018
Amazon announces short list for next headquarters location Amazon's second home could be in an already tech-heavy city, such as Boston, New York or Austin, Texas. Or it could be in the Midwest, say, Indianapolis or Columbus, Ohio. Or the company could go outside the U.S. altogether and set up shop in ...
