The DePaulia My clearest memory of the early onset of the pandemic occurred when I stopped in the middle of the sidewalk to break the latest update of DePaul’s impending closure on Twitter. My role as Social Media Editor had been relatively tame up until that point, mainly involving posting the week’s content and open positions. While heading home from the Lincoln Park Campus for what proved to be the last time ever, I typed away what felt like my 20th thread of the day and hit send. -Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor I was finishing up — what would be my final closing shift — at Dr. Martens. As I got the email notifying the cancellation of classes and finals, I was ironically complaining to my favorite co-worker about a project since I had come straight to my shift from renting equipment at the Loop campus after a long day of classes. We were both slightly more concerned about the virus, but neither of us thought much of it as we finished cleaning and closed for the night.