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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

Vine walked so TikTok could run

Vine walked so TikTok could run

Joey Cahue / October 21, 2019

Apps come a dime a dozen, but the few that truly stick out have a cult-like following. Way back when, Vine was the “it” thing that created many memorable quotes and memes. As we waved goodbye to Vine...

OPINION: We're losing the media war

OPINION: We’re losing the media war

As technology embeds itself into their personal lives, young people are getting overwhelmed
Stuart J. Dantoin, Contributing Writer / April 15, 2019

Social media overload is the silent killer of our generation. It affects millions of us, and though many realize its danger, the average young adult does little to escape our internet prisons. Many of...

A confused Snapchat user attempts to make sense of the recent update to the app’s user interface, specifically the new "Discover" page that is focused on paid content.
(Nikki Roberts | The DePaulia)

Snapchat’s update unrest

Angry reactions to new format unlikely to manifest in usage decline
Nikki Roberts, Copy Editor / April 2, 2018

When Snapchat launched as an iOS-only app in 2011, it was not the app that users know and love today. Over the past seven years, Snapchat has updated, rebranded and added a multitude of social media features...

The Ups and #Facebookdown

The Ups and #Facebookdown

Megan Deppen / January 28, 2015

Social media may have shut down, but for some students, productivity went up. The hashtag #Facebookdown flooded Twitter feeds Monday night when Facebook and Instagram suffered its biggest outage since...

Trolling and talking smack on Yik Yak

Trolling and talking smack on Yik Yak

Ally Zacek, Design Editor / September 28, 2014

Our parents always warned us to ‘never talk to strangers’, but they never warned us about something like this. The latest craze in social media is an app called Yik Yak which functions much like...

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