May 9, 2021
Cancelled proms, virtual graduation ceremonies and online classes have all been the norm for both college and high school students.Â
The Covid-19 pandemic has altered the way school, work and lifes accomplishments have been conducted and celebrated this past year.
But one event that stayed in the calendar is National College Decision Day, which takes place annually on May 1. The day is reserved for high school seniors to announce their commitment to the college where they will spend their next few years.Â
DePaulâs enrollment summary report shows the university enrolled 2,774 freshmen in the fall of 2020. The 2020 freshman class was the largest the university has welcomed ââ 147 more students than the 2019 enrollment total.Â
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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 higher education with impunity,” the petition reads.
The appeal points to the cases of Drs. Sydney Dillard and Lisa Calvente both of whom filed discrimination lawsuits against the university in 2020 as evidence of the need for urgent change to the way faculty of color are treated at DePaul.
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Mireille Kotoklo’s search to hire a new employee within her department at DePaul’s John Richardson Library ultimately led to the termination of her own employment, a lawsuit filed against the university claims.
When Kotoklo, who is Black, recommended a former DePaul employee from Ethiopia for the job she set forth to fill, the university fired her, citing her alleged failure to disclose that the employee she recommended had once been flagged for poor performance under her direction and that he listed her as a reference; she had “lost the trust” of the staff she supervised, her supervisor, Robert Karpinski, alleged.
As a child, Larry Dorn grew up listening to his fatherâs war stories. At 4, he was reenacting his fatherâs experiences in France and Germany during World War II (WWII) using his little green army men toys. His father, Russell (Russ) Dorn openly shared his experiences in the war, fueling an interest in his son, Larry.Â
A number of years ago, Larry inherited his fatherâs WWII memorabilia, which included medals, maps, articles, and correspondence that his wife, Dorothy, had saved while he was overseas.Â
âI knew I wanted to do something with it, but I didnât know what,â Larry shared of the extensive amount of material. With the encouragement of friends and the support of family, he began the process of poring over the material, conducting additional research, and compiling a book in tribute to his father approximately five years ago. The project initially began as a way to share Russâ story with family, but gained the attention and interest of f
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