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The DePaulia Samantha Albert, Contributing Writer|February 28, 2021 Online classes were once new and intriguing to most students –– until they never ended. The winter quarter is now approaching finals, and it has officially been almost a full year since students were told to leave for spring break and not return to campus. At first, it was exciting having an “extended spring break.” One school year has turned into another and campus remains a ghost town. A main attraction to going to sc...

This weekend Chicago temperatures reached 54 degrees following weeks of bitter cold and heavy snowfall. In the weeks prior, some areas of Chicago got as much as 18 inches of snowfall.    The warmup that began last week melted much of the snow that covered the ground. Outdoor areas in Chicago such as the 606...

The DePaulia Cailey Gleeson, News Editor|February 15, 2021 For the second year in a row, traditional in-person graduation ceremonies will be replaced with virtual celebrations this May and June, DePaul announced in a Monday morning email from Interim Provost Salma Ghanem.  The decision was made as a result of the new, more contagious variants of Covid-19 and slow rollout of the vaccine. “DePaul realizes this is not the commencement you and your loved ones hoped for and we understand your dis...

The Blues Revival with Eric Henry from 2/14/21, from WYSO Music On Demand.

Top row: Director Miriam Bowden and assistant director Carrie Edick. Bottom row: Zenia McPherson (Camae) and Robert Smith (Martin Luther King, Jr.) in “The Mountaintop,” presented by Rockville Little Theatre, in cooperation with Arts on the Green. To kick off 2021, Rockville Little Theatre, in cooperation with Arts on the Green, will present a live-streamed, virtual performance of “The Mountaintop” by Katori Hall from the City of Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn stage. The show is a gripping...

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The Blues Revival with Eric Henry from 2/7/21, from WYSO Music On Demand.

As DePaul University plans to increase in-person class options this coming summer and fall quarters, DePaul is introducing a surveillance Covid-19 testing process, but students remain disappointed in the schools Covid-19 response. DePaul will launch a surveillance Covid-19 testing program this February with a limited number of students as a trial for a full-scale testing program. Students selected for the testing program will be enrolled in on-campus courses and at a higher risk of Covid-19 exp...

The DePaulia Cailey Gleeson, News Editor|January 31, 2021 Chicago and suburban areas of Cook County moved to Tier 1 mitigations on Jan. 23, allowing bars and restaurants to resume indoor dining.  Craig Klugman, head of DePaul’s Covid-19 Response Team and a health sciences professor, said a combination of factors led to the decision to resume indoor dining.  “The determination to move to Tier 1 is allegedly based on the city meeting certain metrics,” Klugman said. “I suspect there was ...

Chicago is in phase 1B of vaccine distribution as of Jan. 25 — and unless included as a front-line essential worker, college students are not covered in the new phase. Phase 1B entails vaccination eligibility to Chicagoans ages 65 and older, specific groups of high risk and front-line essential workers.  The majority of DePaul students...