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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
4 years
“I’ve been very happy to be able to follow his success, to see the great things that he’s accomplished and tour the world, it’s quite a thrill,” said Timothy Gartz, a previous counselor for the American International School.
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BREAKING: The DePaul-Iowa exhibition game at Kinnick Stadium is the most-attended women's basketball game in the world.
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The DePaulia
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Day one of DePaul's encampment on the Quad has come to an end. Protestors are expected to be able to spend the night on campus, with no indication of CPD engagement.
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The DePaulia
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BREAKING: Dozens of DePaul student protesters have begun setting up an encampment on the Quad. Updates to follow.
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The DePaulia
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As protestors march down Belden towards Arts and Letters hall, protestors chant “Get up, Get down, Chicago is a union town.”
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : Dr. Lisa Calvente, who was denied tenure while at DePaul, has filed a lawsuit against Interim Provost Salma Ghanem on the grounds of racial discrimination and retaliation.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING (thread): DePaul has joined an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed by Harvard & MIT that challenges ICE’s policy changes which would bar international students from remaining in the U.S. if their coursework is fully online,
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The DePaulia
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#BREAKING : The resolution concerning end-of-quarter grading for Spring 2020 has been passed by Faculty Council and is expected to be approved by Academic Affairs.
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The DePaulia
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Along with the pro-Palestinian encampment being held on the quad, nearly 100 students and faculty have joined the quad for a one day strike in response to “anti-union action” by DePaul.
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The DePaulia
3 years
#BREAKING : DePaul will require students to get the Covid-19 vaccine before returning to campus this fall. Story to come.
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The DePaulia
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CPD is guarding the entrance to the Quad as a counter protest has sprung up on Fullerton.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : It has been confirmed that Athletic Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto will be retiring this summer.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING A vast majority of classes will be online for fall quarter and DePaul residence halls will not be available to most students who planned to live there, according to an email sent to the DePaul community. Details to come.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : At a last minute Faculty Council meeting, it was decided that Fall Quarter grading will again be on a Pass/D/Fail grading system.
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The DePaulia
3 years
Breaking: DePaul President A. Gabriel Esteban will be stepping down from his role effective June 30, 2022, according to a statement sent to the DePaul community via email.
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The DePaulia
3 years
A DePaul fraternity threw a party on Saturday, March 13, that violated Covid-19 safety guidelines. While many of the attendees can be seen wearing green, none were wearing masks.
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The DePaulia
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NOW: DePaul's 2024 FEST will be canceled due to the “current campus environment,” a university email states. FEST was scheduled to take place on the Quad on May 17.
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The DePaulia
6 years
President Esteban said in his beginning-of-the-year remarks that Newsline daily was developed "in response to faculty, staff and students asking for one place to find out what's happening on campus each day." Hi, we're @TheDePaulia . We've been doing this for 95 years.
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The DePaulia
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BREAKING: DePaul announces “stalemate” of divestment negotiations, encampment is expected to be removed.
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The DePaulia
3 years
UPDATE: Additional DePaul Greek Life chapters have since been identified as having attended a weekend St. Patrick's Day party that violated city Covid-19 guidelines.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
3 years
EXCLUSIVE:In 2007, former DePaul political science professor Norman Finkelstein was denied tenure. In an exclusive interview for the first time since the incident, he is ready to revisit history and demand an apology from the university.
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The DePaulia
3 years
EDITORAL: “The purpose of this article was, as with all of our other content, to inform the DePaul community of issues that pertain to them and to shine light on an event which potentially exposed members of both the DePaul and Chicago community to harm.”
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The DePaulia
6 years
Family ties between the Executive VP at Wintrust Bank and DePaul's Athletic Director have raised questions of nepotism and a potential conflict of interest behind Wintrust Arena.The DePaulia decided to report our investigation and what it yielded.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : #DePaul announced in an email that it will not be holding in-person graduation ceremonies in May and June. Instead, the university is planning “a series of virtual ceremonies.”
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The DePaulia
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#BREAKING : Anyone who works for DePaul, including all student employees, will qualify for the city's next vaccination phase, Phase 1C, according to an article published in Newsline.
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The DePaulia
5 years
The DePaulia has placed second in the Illinois Collegiate Press Association’s grand prize for General Excellence among non-daily newspapers. #studentmediamatters
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : Former softball coach Eugene Lenti is alleged to have punched an assistant in the face, verbally abused his players and retaliated against the whistleblower by terminating her contract, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
8 months
Meet the queens who run our newsroom! Our first full week of production comes to a close today. That means a brand new issue of The DePaulia will hit newsstands tomorrow!
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING The Trump administration’s former barring of foreign students taking online classes this fall has been rescinded following a hearing this afternoon in Harvard and MIT’s lawsuit against the agencies. Story to come.
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The DePaulia
1 year
#BREAKING : @DePaulU announced that it will no longer require students, staff and faculty to have the Covid-19 vaccine effective Friday, May 12, according to a university-wide email sent at noon.
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The DePaulia
3 years
#BREAKING : A class action complaint brought against DePaul claims the university has been illegally collecting, using and disclosing students’ biometric information without their consent via technology used to proctor remote exams.
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The DePaulia
2 months
BREAKING: DePaul’s coaching search is over, as Chris Holtmann has been hired to take over the men’s basketball program.
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The DePaulia
4 years
The DePaulia has won second place for editorial writing among non-daily newspapers at the 2020 #ICPA
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The DePaulia
1 year
If you haven't heard yet, our advisor, @advisorinchief , is retiring. We thank our advisor for 15 years of excellence and guidance from the bottom of our hearts.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : DePaul University has freezed tuition for the 2020-21 academic year to “ease economic burden posed by COVID-19,” according to a press release sent to The DePaulia.
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The DePaulia
4 years
Officers from the Chicago Police Department held what appeared to be a surprise party in the DePaul Center Concourse, explicitly breaking rules set by the university in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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The DePaulia
4 years
Congratulations to @rrhinton , former managing editor @TheDePaulia , on her promotion to chief political reporter @Suntimes ! We love watching you succeed.
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Robert Feder
4 years
This just in: @SunTimes names Rachel Hinton @rrhinton chief political reporter:
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The DePaulia
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The DePaulia published a front-page story of great importance to faculty, staff, students and alumni on Monday regarding the significant university budget gap. Several of our editors saw newspapers being confiscated and dumped around multiple campus buildings. (1/3)
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The DePaulia
3 years
BREAKING: Chartwells food service workers at DePaul voted to ratify a new contract today. Starting Jan 1, workers will receive minimum hourly wage of $19.88 and permanent extension of health insurance benefits, according to a press release from Unite Here Local 1.
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The DePaulia
2 years
BREAKING: DePaul has welcomed more than 100 college students from Ukraine into 42 online classes, according to a press release from the university. DePaul has waived tuition and fees for these students as they attend classes online.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : At a faculty Q&A session, Faculty Council President Scott Paeth said that winter quarter is also expected to be online. Story to come.
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The DePaulia
6 years
BREAKING: Former University of Louisville head coach says DePaul offered to pay a five-star basketball recruit $200,000 to play for the Blue Demons in 2017. This story is developing and will be updated.
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The DePaulia
5 years
Last week’s front page of @TheDePaulia is being featured in the @Newseum ’s Celebrating Student Journalists exhibit in Washington, D.C.! Its an honor to be featured alongside the country’s best student journalists.
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The DePaulia
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BREAKING — President Robert Manuel announces plans for a $60 million campaign to finance a new basketball practice facility.
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The DePaulia
6 years
It's time to address the issues with the athletic director. In an editorial, The DePaulia explains why Jean Lenti Ponsetto should be removed from her position as DePaul’s athletic director.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
4 years
While covering protests pertaining to George Floyd, members of the @LaDePaulia staff were physically accosted by members of the Chicago Police Department, despite clearly wearing press identification and verbally identifying as members of the press.
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María Marta Guzmán
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Freedom of press is not only an issue that occurs in third world countries. My peers and I were pushed by police offers after showing them our press credentials and repeatedly telling them that we are reporters. We are safe and no injuries. @hgflores_ @jonaguilar2020
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The DePaulia
1 year
The DePaulia had another record-breaking year at the Illinois College Press Association convention! Our staff won 33 awards this year, the most in school history! #ICPA2023
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The DePaulia
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Mockup of the new basketball facility. According to DePaul, “Construction of the new basketball practice facility, which will be built in the heart of the university’s Lincoln Park Campus, is expected to begin no earlier than summer 2025 and be completed by fall 2026.”
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The DePaulia
5 years
BREAKING: @TheDePaulia 's front page from last week is now being featured in the @Newseum 's Year of the Student Journalist exhibition! If there are any friends of The DePaulia in Washington, D.C. who could swing by the Newseum and snap a picture of our front page, DM us!
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The DePaulia
3 years
We’re proud to share that @TheDePaulia set a staff record at #ICPA2021 , winning 22 awards for our 2020 reporting! Here’s a thread of the winners:
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The DePaulia
7 months
Take a look at this week's front page! Papers will be available on both campuses at your nearest newsstand. To read more, click here:
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The DePaulia
2 years
@kaycyy performs his set, which may or may not have had a mosh pit, on Day 2 of @lollapalooza
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The DePaulia
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Henna Ayesh, the media representative for the DPU encampment said protesters will remain on the quad “until DePaul adheres to all of the demands that we have given them.” Also adding, that she hopes to negotiate with the university “as soon as possible.”
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The DePaulia
2 years
BREAKING: Faculty Council passed a motion to mandate a booster vaccine by early Spring. Story to come.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING DePaul sent out an email today stating that they’re reevaluating the return to campus planning due to a recent rise in COVID-19 cases. Story to come.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : President A. Gabriel Esteban has announced that no final exams for Winter Quarter will take place on campus amid fears of COVID-19. He also announced that “whenever possible, classes will be delivered remotely during “Spring Quarter.”
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The DePaulia
2 years
The DePaulia won a school record 25 awards at today’s ICPA awards! The DePaulia also won first place for general excellence for large non-daily newspapers! Congratulations to our entire staff for all the hard work they put in during the past 12 months.
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : Chicago restaurants and bars must stop indoor service, beginning Oct. 30., according to a report by @BlockClubCHI .
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
4 years
Happy graduation, Class of 2020! Some of @TheDePaulia ’s editors are graduating or moving on, too. To honor them, here’s some of their best work. (THREAD)
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The DePaulia
2 years
The DePaulia is the 2022 @acpress Best of Show champion in the Newspaper/Newsmagazine category! All competitors submitted a copy of their publication to the judges and our ghost train issue was chosen. What a great way to round out #MediaFest22 !
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
3 years
“After the DePaul debacle I was never able to teach again,” @normfinkelstein said. “I never had another job because my name had been so blackened. And because of DePaul, I was destroyed and I want an apology. I want an apology for what they put me through.”
@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
3 years
EXCLUSIVE:In 2007, former DePaul political science professor Norman Finkelstein was denied tenure. In an exclusive interview for the first time since the incident, he is ready to revisit history and demand an apology from the university.
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The DePaulia
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UPDATE: Additional DePaul Greek Life chapters have since been identified as having attended a weekend St. Patrick's Day party that violated city Covid-19 guidelines.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
5 years
VIDEO: Students took to the atrium of Arts & Letters earlier today to protest Professor Jason Hill's article, in which he wrote that Israel "has a moral right" to annex the West Bank and that the country should strip Arabs living in Israel of their right to vote.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
4 years
Former @LaDePaulia Multimedia Editor Jonathan Aguilar( @jonathanaphoto ) has been awarded third place for General News Photo, as well as an honorable mention for Breaking News Photo at the CMA Pinnacle Awards. #collegemedia20
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The DePaulia
6 years
The last issue of the quarter comes out today! Here is a look at our front cover. Copies are available both in the Loop and Lincoln Park campus and check out .
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The DePaulia
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More students supporting the pro-Palestine encampment gather on the Quad.
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The DePaulia
4 years
Our trusted news hound has returned to his rightful place in @TheDePaulia newsroom. Our first issue of the decade, under the watchful eye of Deuces, hits newsstands on Monday!
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The DePaulia
2 years
BREAKING: @DePaulSGA has passed a resolution that is calling on the university to mandate the booster shot. The resolution wants everyone to receive the booster by March 4.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : In an email sent to faculty, DePaul announced that winter quarter will remain primarily online. About 4.2% of classes will be in-person winter quarter, as opposed to this quarter's 2%.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
4 years
The DePaulia and @14eastmag are headed to Mt. Vernon for the Iowa Caucus!
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : Winter quarter will be held online for the first two weeks of the quarter regardless of whether or not a class is in-person, according to an email sent to faculty.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
1 year
Check out this front! This week is our final issue of the 2022-2023 academic year, and we are highlighting our advisor, Marla Krause. Thank you to everyone who has been following along and reading our work throughout the year.
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The DePaulia
4 years
Practicing social distancing by having our first ever Zoom staff meeting!
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The DePaulia
4 years
#BREAKING : A #DePaul faculty member who works in 1150 W. Fullerton Ave. tested positive for COVID-19. They were last in the building briefly on March 15, the university said in an email.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
4 years
2020 graduates, @TheDePaulia has one final task for you: check your mail box! To celebrate the class of 2020, and all they’ve been through, The DePaulia produced a special graduation issue to be sent directly to graduating seniors this coming week.
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The DePaulia
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Our very own Jonathan Aguilar is nominated for two CMA Pinnacle Awards for pictures he shot for The DePaulia & La DePaulia • The first image shown was nominated for the ‘Best Breaking News Photo’ & the second image was nominated for ‘Best General News Photo’
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The DePaulia
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#BREAKING Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that Chicago will be entering phase 4 on Friday, June 26, reopening museums, zoos, summer camps, indoor restaurants, and more.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
6 years
In this week’s page one, we report on the potential conflict of interest behind the naming rights of Wintrust Arena side by side with why Jean Lenti Ponsetto is not fit for her position as the university’s athletic director. Pick up a copy today.
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The DePaulia
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#BREAKING : Faculty Council voted against making Election Day a university-wide holiday. The vote was 16 against, 11 in favor. Five abstained from voting. Students will have to attend class that day.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
5 years
The DePaulia staff has been selected as a finalist by the @SPJRegion5 Mark of Excellence judges for Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
6 years
The DePaulia stands by our tweet. We would like to clarify: although our requests were not made over 48 hours, it was across 2 business days that we did not get a response from the Athletic Director. The university's PR department eventually responded on her behalf.
@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
6 years
Sports Editor @Shane_Rene15 has been trying to talk to Jean Ponsetto for 2 days and was told by @DePaulU she didn't have time Looks like she had plenty of time to talk to @chicagotribune #journorequest RT
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The DePaulia
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#BREAKING : Interim Provost Salma Ghanem announced that “Academic Affairs has begun working with Faculty Council to develop options for faculty and students that would bring some relief to the final exam period,” in a university-wide email.
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The DePaulia
3 years
Following The DePaulia’s coverage of last weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day party, which violated Covid safety guidelines, DePaul students have since confirmed to The DePaulia who hosted the superspreader party.
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The DePaulia
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Tom Kleinschmidt of DePaul Prep boys basketball team was named the Chicago Sun-Times city/suburban Coach of the Year on Wednesday, joining only a select group of coaches to win the award.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
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Kinnick Stadium is looking full. It’s game time.
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The DePaulia
1 year
BREAKING: Four clergy with ties to DePaul University were named in today's report by the state's AG's office which found rampant sexual abuse of children among Catholic clergy in Illinois.
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
7 months
The DePaul-Iowa women's outdoor basketball game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City has the potential to break the world attendance record with more than 50,000 people in attendance. Keep an eye out for future updates both here and on @DePauliaSports
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@TheDePaulia
The DePaulia
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As the quarter comes to a close, we'd like to announce that @lillyraekeller is our new Editor-in-Chief. Lilly will be our EIC for the remainder of the academic year.
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