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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Fr. Guillermo Campuzano, the Vincentians’ representative at the UN, speaks at Cortelyou Commons on Thursday about charity, political advocacy and systemic change.

DePaul alumnus speaks on the Vincentian mission in relation to poverty

Nikki Ramos and Kelly Garcia October 13, 2019

Most DePaul students are more than familiar with St. Vincent de Paul’s central question: What must be done? But Father Guillermo Campuzano dedicates his life to expanding the reach of this question by...

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, of Sweden, addresses the Climate Action Summit

Young people take center stage at UN climate summit

Cailey Gleeson, News Editor September 30, 2019

Coming off the heels of global protests Sept. 20, world leaders from more than 70 countries gathered in New York this past Monday to discuss stricter climate policy at the U.N. Climate Summit. Autumn...

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, of Sweden, addresses the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019.

‘You are failing us’: Plans, frustration at UN climate talks

Seth Borenstein, Associated Press September 23, 2019

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Scolded for doing little, leader after leader promised the United Nations on Monday to do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels. As they made...

Ignorance can’t be bliss

Mackenzie Murtaugh, News Editor October 22, 2018

After the UN's report that the Earth will greatly suffer from the devastating effects of climate change if action isn't taken on the gubernatorial level, people want to push the blame onto something other...

We have just 12 years to save the Earth

We have just 12 years to save the Earth

William Hopper, Contributing Writer October 22, 2018

A catastrophic future isn’t far in our future, it’s steady and quickly approaching us. A 700-page report released by the United Nations’ climate science body says that we have only 12 years to make...

Frank Augstein | AP

Iran protests send shockwaves around the world

Neil Sengupta, Contributing Writer January 16, 2018

Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in massive protests on Dec. 28 against the Iranian regime that lasted all the way into last week. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, called...

DePaul junior Baylee Ritter spoke at the United Nations on Wednesday as a representative of the World Oceans Day Youth Advisory Council.
(Photo courtesy of Baylee Ritter)

Making waves: One student has big ideas for ocean conservation

Benjamin Conboy, Editor in Chief September 25, 2017

One day after President Donald Trump took to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly to threaten “Rocket Man” Kim Jong-un, one of DePaul’s students, junior Baylee Ritter took over the microphone...

(Photo courtesy of World Happiness Report)

Happiness defined: U.S. ranks 15th in United Nations Report

Fabio De Simone May 10, 2015

With the U.S. being listed as the 15th happiest nation in the world in the recently published 2015 World Happiness Report, it becomes poignant to discuss the areas in which our nation has fallen short...

Climate change: UN summit is only the beginning

Climate change: UN summit is only the beginning

Lauryn Hall October 5, 2014

After years of debating its true extent and relevance, it now seems the issue of climate change is finally being taken seriously. At last week’s United Nations Summit on Climate Change, presidents,...

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