Chicago Teachers Union strike may be over, but continues to affect student athletes
Joey Cahue, Contributing Writer
November 12, 2019
Endless hours of after-school practices, long commutes to away games and late nights buried in books after their games – all this demanding work and preparation could go to waste for Chicago Public Schools (CPS) high school athletes hoping to get noticed by college coaches and scouts, due to the Chicago ...
NCAA board approves athlete compensation for image, likeness
Ralph D. Russo, Associated Press
October 29, 2019
The NCAA took a major step Tuesday toward allowing college athletes to cash in on their fame, voting to permit them to "benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness." The nation's largest governing body for college sports and its member schools now must figure out how to allow athletes to...
New California law to let college athletes sign endorsement deals
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
October 7, 2019
For years there has been talk to upend how college athletics works in the U.S., but in each of those instances, the NCAA didn’t budge from their catbird seat. On Sept. 30, however, California’s governor signed a bill that would allow college athletes to make money off their name, image and likeness...
COMMENTARY: Fair Play Act won’t let the NCAA hide behind old excuses
Lawrence Kreymer and Nate Burleyson
October 7, 2019
A storm is brewing in college athletics – one that the NCAA can’t contain anymore. It’s time to pay their student-athletes. For 113 years, the NCAA has prevented its student-athletes from getting paid or making money based off their likeness, as well as barring them from accepting any endorsement ...
California to let college athletes sign endorsement deals
Adam Beam, Associated Press
September 30, 2019
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Defying the NCAA, California's governor signed a first-in-the-nation law Monday that will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements — a move that could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge. Under the law, which takes effect...
OPINION: You can’t pay student athletes without hurting the community
Noah Festenstein, Contributing Writer
May 28, 2019
Student athletes getting paid has been a tough conversation recently. Many factors support both sides of the argument, a big factor being students and their relationship with those student athletes. College athletes receive different kinds of privileges: workout facilities, personal trainers, rehab...
Student-athletes or athlete-students?
Liliana Trifilio, Contributing Writer
May 21, 2018
You wake up. The alarm clock is still buzzing in your ear as you scarf down a breakfast burrito and begin packing your uniform. For a moment you think about the final project you haven’t started yet and decide to shake the thought. You need to concentrate on what counts. You need to be prepared for an...
Student athletes get to work in service trip to Guatemala
September 11, 2017
This summer, members of DePaul Athletics teamed up to complete a service trip in Parramos, Guatemala. Senior Joe Hanel led and organized the trip after being inspired to recreate an experience he had with an organization called Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH, Spanish for “Our Little Brothers and...
Sports vs. school: Student athletes must balance academics with athletics
February 1, 2015
Two former University of North Carolina student-athletes have filed a lawsuit against the Chapel Hill institution, as well as the NCAA, claiming academic fraud. Rashanda McCants, who played for the women’s basketball team, and Devon Ramsay, a former football player, argued that the university and the NCAA have failed their student-athletes by not provi...
Lacey Latch, Print Managing Editor
February 16, 2020 • No Comments
A report released by Faculty Council last week pointed to a notable lack of diversity among full-time...
J.B. Pritzker proposes Illinois to go first in primary
February 16, 2020
With Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Cory Booker, Julián Castro and Andrew Yang dropping...
CTA Red and Purple Line Modernization Project continues
February 16, 2020
Three Red Line stops on the North Side have been closed for the past few weeks...
TedXDePaul 2020 speakers announced
February 16, 2020
DePaul’s fifth-straight annual TEDx event will be held on Friday, April 24...
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February 15, 2020
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Hannah Mitchell and Shane René
February 16, 2020
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Ryan Gilroy, Copy Editor & Staff Photographer
February 16, 2020
DePaul men's basketball just had one of its most humiliating...