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It has been two weeks since news of DePaul’s sizable $56.5 million budget gap broke. Since then, a handful of developments have occurred including a student protest and the non-renewal of six term faculty contracts.  On April 20, DePaul President Robert Manuel shared an update in “Notes from Rob” via Newsline, outlining target dates for...

A FEMALE army officer cadet who was found dead in her room at the prestigious Sandhurst military academy showed "fearless determination"…

Olivia Perks, 21, was discovered dead at the prestigious Sandhurst military academy in Berkshire in February 2019 .

The military deemed there to be a “low risk of reoccurrence” when an army officer cadet found hanged in her room made a suicide attempt the…

The military deemed there to be a “low risk of reoccurrence” when an army officer cadet found hanged in her room made a suicide attempt the previous year, an inquest heard.

While rumors of impending cuts circulated throughout the university for the past few months, news broke last Monday that DePaul’s budget gap totals more than $56 million. Since then, the community has learned more of a developing situation and new budget decisions have been made. Term faculty cuts On Monday, six term faculty members were...

April is usually marked by the mundane ritual of contract renewal for term faculty at DePaul.   This year, the situation is much more complex. On Monday April 10, students gathered on the corner of Sheffield Ave. and Belden Ave. near the Msgr. John Egan statue with the inscription reading: “What are you doing for...

“What if I don’t leave, would I then be someone who could potentially lose my job?”  This is one of many prominent questions Victoria Van Kirk, president of Staff Council and a representative on the Strategic Resource Allocation Committee (SRAC) says is on the minds of current staff members at DePaul in light of the...

DePaul University is facing financial pressure after the pandemic intensified declining enrollment and widened the Chicago private school’s budget gap.

On the same day expected to be marked with the first round of terminations at the hands of DePaul’s budget crisis, student organizers mobilized in support of DePaul faculty.  Information gathered by The DePaulia brought DePaul’s $56.5 million budget gap to light, and with it, the looming threat that many term and adjunct faculty may...