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Jan 22, 2025 | 
depauliaonline.com | LiLi Jarvenpa |Kit Wiberg
Fred Basserman pushed his merch cart against the cold wind, sporting one of his own hats to keep his red nose warm. Loaded with Trump-themed hats, pins, flags and magnets, he moved down the streets of Washington, D.C., during Donald Trump’s inauguration. Basserman has been a merch vendor for 30 years, traveling around the country to sell various items. “It is like a sport to us, too.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
depauliaonline.com | LiLi Jarvenpa |Anita Valentin |Bing F. Wang |Riley Sommers
Illinois clinics are prepared to protect reproductive health care rights in the wake of former President Trump’s reelection, maintaining Illinois as a haven for reproductive care in the Midwest. Mary Jane Maharry, the director of communications and marketing at Planned Parenthood of Illinois, said Planned Parenthood is committed to continuing to provide care for its patients. “We don’t know what a Trump presidency will look like yet,” Maharry said.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
depauliaonline.com | LiLi Jarvenpa
Voters in Illinois will be able to answer three advisory questions on the 2024 election ballot addressing reproductive health, Illinois’ tax structure and election interference penalties. The ballot questions are not legally binding, and lawmakers do not have to pass policy initiatives that are approved during the election. The last time statewide advisory questions were on Illinois ballots was 2014.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
depauliaonline.com | LiLi Jarvenpa
Voters across Chicago will line up to fill out their ballots on Nov. 5, 2024 in the presidential election. For many, voting is a chance to participate in local and national politics and elect representatives that share their values. Voters must choose how they want to vote and how to combat misinformation during elections. “I think voting is very important, especially in this upcoming election where huge topics are being discussed,” Zoey Guziec, a senior at DePaul said.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
depauliaonline.com | LiLi Jarvenpa
Kimberlie Goldsberry will become interim vice president for Student Affairs beginning Jan. 2, 2025. Provost Salma Ghanem appointed Goldsberry’s to the temporary position on Thursday, Oct. 17. Goldsberry is currently associate vice president for Student Affairs and has held that position since June 2022. Goldsberry is temporarily replacing Gene Zdarski, who’s retirement was announced in September, following 10 years of service at DePaul.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
depauliaonline.com | Avery Schoenhals |LiLi Jarvenpa
Chicago ended its over multi-year contract with ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection technology provider, on Monday, Sept. 23, pulling the plug on the service after midnight on Sept. 22. The Chicago City Council voted 33-14 on Sept. 18 to keep ShotSpotter in the city in an attempt to overturn Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to remove the technology in Chicago.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
depauliaonline.com | LiLi Jarvenpa |Lina Gebhardt
Plastic is everywhere — even in hotel rooms. Since the 1970s, people have come to expect travel-sized toiletries during hotel stays, but starting in 2025, that will change. The Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act is part of Illinois’s broader effort to reduce plastic waste, especially in the Great Lakes. Sponsored by Democratic Sen. Laura Fine, the bill was signed into law on Aug. 9, 2024.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
depauliaonline.com | LiLi Jarvenpa |Jake Cox
When Terrance Freeman was hired as a privately contracted security officer on DePaul’s campus, he said he knew nothing about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. For him, the job was simply about keeping people safe. Standing in front of a crowd of more than 200 pro-Palestinian protestors, Freeman restated that sentiment on Sept. 12 at a Students for Justice in Palestine rally at the Lincoln Park Student Center, held to kick off the year and speak in support of Freeman.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
depauliaonline.com | LiLi Jarvenpa
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges on Thursday, Sept. 5 in a surprising move just before his criminal trial in Los Angeles was set to begin, stating he wanted to spare his family from “needless embarrassment.”President Joe Biden’s son was accused of three felonies and six misdemeanors for failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019. However, prosecutors said he was spending millions on an “extravagant lifestyle” with escorts, drugs and luxury hotels.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
depauliaonline.com | Jake Cox |LiLi Jarvenpa |Avery Schoenhals
DePaul President Robert Manuel’s addressed faculty and staff members at the annual convocation on Thursday, Aug. 29. He called for dialogue and humanity in the university’s response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Middle East. Convocation, which honors the official start of the new academic year, kicked off the academic year at the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church on the Lincoln Park campus with faculty and staff members gathering to celebrate.
