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The DePaulia Theodora Koulouvaris, Staff Writer|May 9, 2021 DePaul’s Student Government Association went over plans for this week’s elections during Thursday’s general body meeting. Elections begin Monday at 9 a.m. and end Thursday at noon. According to SGA’s website, several candidates are running for various positions within SGA, though some positions have no candidates running. To be on the ballot, candidates running for president and vice president must receive 50 student signatures, whereas 25 signatures are required for all other positions. SGA Elections Coordinator Jane Pallos ...

DePaul professor writes to university president, calls for actionable anti-racism tactics Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor|May 3, 2021 Faculty are pushing for DePaul President A. Gabriel Esteban to commit to actionable change against racism. Professor Valerie Johnson, of DePaul’s political science department, sent a statement to Esteban Friday following the release of an open letter detailing issues faced by DePaul’s Black community. The letter, which was spearheaded by both the DePaul University Black Leadership Coalition (DPUBLC) and the Black Student Union (BSU), was sent to the pr...

Dr. Sydney Dillard, a professor in the College of Communication, is suing DePaul for racial and disability discrimination. The letter appears to reference recent lawsuits filed by Drs. Sydney Dillard and Lisa Calvente, both of whom sued DePaul in 2020 for racial discrimination. Former law professors Terry Smith and Sumi Cho also sued the university on grounds of racial discrimination in 2018 and 2019, respectively.  Faculty and staff lament limited opportunities for growth  The statement also addressed concerns from faculty and staff regarding a perceived lack of opportunity for profess...

The DePaulia Ella Lee, Print Managing Editor|April 25, 2021 Eighty-five communication scholars from all corners of the country condemned DePaul for fostering a “toxic environment that threatens the health, wellbeing, livelihoods and lives of scholars of color” in a petition sent April 12 to the university’s upper administration and College of Communication deans. “It is clear that DePaul’s College of Communication deploys practices and procedures that are aggressively hostile towards BIPOC faculty offering a clear example of how white supremacist and racist structures operate in hig...